beat up on
Third Person
beats up on
Present Participle
beating up on
Past Tense
beat up on
Past Participle
beaten up on
1
to unfairly and harshly criticize someone for something
- The coach was frustrated and began beating up on the team for their poor performance.
- The media tends to beat up on public figures, focusing more on flaws than accomplishments.
- The supervisor shouldn't beat up on the employees without providing constructive feedback.
- Stop beating up on your sibling; everyone makes mistakes.
- Instead of beating up on each other, let's find solutions to the problems at hand.
2
to cause physical harm by repeatedly hitting or kicking someone or something
- He was hospitalized after being beaten up on by a group of strangers during the night.
- The security guards intervened just in time to prevent the angry mob from beating up on the alleged thief.
- Witnesses reported seeing a group of teenagers beating up on a defenseless stray dog.
- The school took strict action against the students who were caught beating up on their classmates.
- The gang members decided to beat up on the unsuspecting victim late at night.