# beat up

> English word · Verb

## Definitions
1. To give a severe beating to; to assault violently with repeated blows.
2. To wake up earlier than.
3. To attack suddenly; to alarm.
4. To cause, by some other means, injuries comparable to the result of being beaten up.
5. To feel badly guilty and accuse (oneself) over something. (Usually followed by over or about.)
6. To make (someone) feel badly guilty and accuse (them) over something.
7. To repeatedly bomb a military target or targets.
8. To get something done (derived from the idea of beating for game).
9. To sail to windward using a series of alternate tacks across the wind.
10. To disturb; to pay an untimely visit to.
11. To go diligently about in order to get helpers or participants in an enterprise.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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