BEATEN UP ON Synonyms: 214 Similar and Opposite Words

beaten up on

phrase

past participle of beat up on

as in attacked

to take sudden, violent action against A brawl broke out and the players all started beating up on each other.

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as in jumped (on)

to criticize harshly and usually publicly She beat up on me in front of everyone for arriving late.

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as in pounded

to strike repeatedly They beat up on the piñata until it finally broke open.

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Actor Michael Rapaport ripped Macklemore as a talentless clown following the rapper’s pro-Palestinian set at MetLife Stadium.

— Staff, FOXNews.com, 10 Sep. 2026
Friday, therefore, will be a notable milestone in Wrexham’s history as that long-standing previous record attendance set at Liverpool in 1970 is finally broken.

— Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2026

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The budding actress could be seen wearing an orange sweater and light blue jeans, posing with her hands behind her back and her blonde hair tied into a ponytail.

— Catherine Santino, PEOPLE, 17 Aug. 2026
This isn’t an isolated generator either, it is tied into the current session and pulls in the musical context of your current project.

— Terrence O'Brien, The Verge, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of tied into

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Meanwhile, across the way in Capri is the world-famous beach club Fontellina, set upon a rocky expanse.

— Elise Taylor, Vanity Fair, 4 Aug. 2026
Place all dryer-safe clothing from your luggage in the dryer for 30 to 45 minutes at the highest heat setting upon returning home.

— Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 18 July 2026

Definition of set upon

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The boys sailed into Da Nang Harbor at night, then moored to a giant tanker in a Russian naval base.

— George Boedecker Jr, Harpers Magazine, 1 Sep. 2026
One of the rounds fired by LAPD officers in the confrontation sailed into the grocery store and killed Corado.

— Libor Jany, Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2026

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