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beating up on
phrasepresent participle of beat up on
Synonyms & Antonyms of beating up on
1
to take sudden, violent action against
- A brawl broke out and the players all started beating up on each other.
Synonyms for beating up on
Words Related to beating up on
- ambuscading,
- ambushing,
- surprising
- (also surprizing),
- waylaying
Phrases Synonymous with beating up on
Near Antonyms for beating up on
2
to criticize harshly and usually publicly
- She beat up on me in front of everyone for arriving late.
Synonyms for beating up on
Words Related to beating up on
- libeling
- (or libelling),
- slandering,
- traducing,
- vilifying
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Near Antonyms for beating up on
3
to strike repeatedly
- They beat up on the piñata until it finally broke open.
Synonyms for beating up on
- bashing,
- basting,
- battering,
- batting,
- beating,
- belaboring,
- belting,
- birching,
- bludgeoning,
- buffeting,
- bunging up,
- clubbing,
- currying,
- doing,
- drubbing,
- fibbing
- [British],
- flogging,
- hammering,
- hiding,
- lacing,
- lambasting,
- lashing,
- lathering,
- licking,
- mauling,
- messing (up),
- paddling,
- pelting,
- pommeling
- (or pommelling),
- pounding,
- pummeling
- (also pummelling),
- punching out,
- roughing (up),
- slating,
- slogging,
- switching,
- tanning,
- thrashing,
- threshing,
- thumping,
- tromping,
- walloping,
- whaling,
- whipping,
- whopping
- (or whapping),
- whupping,
- working over
Words Related to beating up on
- assailing,
- assaulting,
- attacking,
- besetting,
- boxing,
- busting,
- chopping,
- clobbering,
- clouting,
- cracking,
- cudgeling
- (or cudgelling),
- cuffing,
- descending (on or upon),
- hitting,
- jumping (on),
- knocking,
- lamming,
- laying on,
- pasting,
- pouncing (on or upon),
- punching,
- raiding,
- rushing,
- slamming,
- slapping,
- smacking,
- smashing,
- socking,
- spanking,
- storming,
- swatting,
- swiping,
- thwacking,
- whacking,
- whamming,
- whomping
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