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beat up

phrasal verb

Phrasal Verbs

to hit or kick someone hard, many times He was badly beaten up by a gang of thugs.

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(also beat up on yourself (about/over something)) (informal)

to blame yourself too much for something Look, there's no need to beat yourself up over this.

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