bash up

verb

To assault someone with the intention of causing physical injury; to beat up.

“He shouted at us, so we bashed him up.”

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Meanings

verbbash up (third-person singular simple present bashes up, present participle bashing up, simple past and past participle bashed up)

present singular third person bashes up · participle present bashing up · participle past bashed up · past bashed up

  1. informaltransitiveTo assault someone with the intention of causing physical injury; to beat up.

    He shouted at us, so we bashed him up.

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 猛擊 /猛击, 打傷 /打伤
  • 猛擊 /猛击 (měngjī)assault someone with the intention of causing physical injury
  • 打傷 /打伤 (dǎshāng)assault someone with the intention of causing physical injury
Finnish antaa selkään, antaa turpaan
  • antaa selkäänassault someone with the intention of causing physical injury
  • antaa turpaanassault someone with the intention of causing physical injury
French cogner
  • cognerassault someone with the intention of causing physical injury
German verprügeln, verhauen
  • verprügelnassault someone with the intention of causing physical injury
  • verhauenassault someone with the intention of causing physical injury
  • verdreschenassault someone with the intention of causing physical injury
Japanese 強打する, 乱打する
  • 強打する (kyōda suru)assault someone with the intention of causing physical injury
  • 乱打する (randa suru)assault someone with the intention of causing physical injury
  • ぶちのめす (buchinomesu)assault someone with the intention of causing physical injury
Russian избива́ть, изби́ть
  • избива́ть (izbivátʹ)assault someone with the intention of causing physical injury
  • изби́ть (izbítʹ)assault someone with the intention of causing physical injury
  • колоти́ть (kolotítʹ)assault someone with the intention of causing physical injury
  • поколоти́ть (pokolotítʹ)assault someone with the intention of causing physical injury
  • дуба́сить (dubásitʹ)assault someone with the intention of causing physical injury
  • отдуба́сить (otdubásitʹ)assault someone with the intention of causing physical injury
Spanish golpear
  • golpearassault someone with the intention of causing physical injury
Cite this entry
APA

bash up. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bash%20up

MLA

“bash up.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bash%20up. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bash up,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bash%20up.

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