Overview of verb beat-up

The verb beat up has 2 senses

• beat, beat up, work over -- (give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression; "Thugs beat him up when he walked down the street late at night"; "The teacher used to beat the students")


• beat up, drum up, rally -- (gather; "drum up support")

Overview of adj beaten-up

The adj beaten-up has 1 sense

• battered, beat-up, beaten-up -- (damaged by blows or hard usage; "a battered old car"; "the beaten-up old Ford")