as in dilapidated
showing signs of advanced wear and tear and neglect
drives the same beat-up truck he had in high school
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as in to work (over)
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Recent Examples of beat (up)
Ana Swanson, New York Times, 2 May 2025
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing signaled an acceleration in artificial intelligence chips, which was lending support to beat-up chip stocks.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 17 Apr. 2025
Pro-government militia fighters in rubber boots were driving past on motorbikes, occasionally firing their beat-up AK-47s into the air.
—Emmet Livingstone, The Dial, 20 Mar. 2025
His first car was an old, beat-up 1956 Ford Victoria and the color of the car was pink.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 15 Feb. 2025
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Leaflets on the windows of beat-up R.V.s warned the more than 100 homeless people who live in this stretch of forest outside Bend, Ore., to get out by 12:01 a.m. Thursday, or else face a $5,000 fine and up to a year in jail.
—Ana Swanson, New York Times, 2 May 2025
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing signaled an acceleration in artificial intelligence chips, which was lending support to beat-up chip stocks.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 17 Apr. 2025
Pro-government militia fighters in rubber boots were driving past on motorbikes, occasionally firing their beat-up AK-47s into the air.
—Emmet Livingstone, The Dial, 20 Mar. 2025
His first car was an old, beat-up 1956 Ford Victoria and the color of the car was pink.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 15 Feb. 2025
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Next to a dormant pumpkin farm, the factory, which had once made tubing for hoses, had burned in the nineties; all that remained were four dilapidated and grafittied walls.—
Megan Cummins
August 5,
Literary Hub,
5 Aug. 2025
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The demolition of the jail this year opened the door to redeveloping the dilapidated building.—
Alysa Guffey,
IndyStar,
29 July 2025
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Close the Loop Following through on commitments is the simplest and yet shockingly most neglected way to earn long-term trust.—
Serenity Gibbons,
Forbes.com,
31 July 2025
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But its location in the neglected and overgrown space remains a mystery.—
Laura L. Davis,
The Tennessean,
2 July 2025
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“Beat (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beat%20%28up%29. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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