beat up on
English
[edit]Verb
[edit]beat up on (third-person singular simple present beats up on, present participle beating up on, simple past beat up on, past participle beaten up on or beat up on)
- To hurt someone by hitting or kicking them many times.
- She beat up on me pretty bad.
- To criticize someone unfairly.
- He's always beating up on her about her weight.
- 1990 February 4, Pam Mitchell, quoting Susan Moir, “Pro-Union And Queer”, in Gay Community News, volume 17, number 29, page 5:
- We spent the better part of that year beating up on each other about why we weren't getting anything done.
- Synonym of beat on.
- That show beats up on conservatives for comedy.