Wednesday 24 July 2013

Phrasal verb - Beat Up

Phrasal verb - Beat Up

Definition:
1) Hit someone repeatedly to inflict physical damage. (AKA "kick someone's arse/ass"
2) To reproach oneself

Rules:
Transitive, separable

Examples:
"He kissed my girlfriend so I beat him up"(1)
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"Oh I'm such an idiot! I deserve baaaad things to happen to me!"
"Don't beat yourself up about the situation, you didn't do anything wrong!"(2)

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