Phrase guide

bash up

verb · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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verb

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: informal, transitive

Examples

  • He shouted at us, so we bashed him up.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

18 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 猛擊 /猛击 (měngjī) — assault someone with the intention of causing physical injury
  • Chinese Mandarin: 打傷 /打伤 (dǎshāng) — assault someone with the intention of causing physical injury
  • Finnish: antaa selkään — assault someone with the intention of causing physical injury
  • Finnish: antaa turpaan — assault someone with the intention of causing physical injury
  • French: cogner — assault someone with the intention of causing physical injury
  • German: verprügeln — assault someone with the intention of causing physical injury
  • German: verhauen — assault someone with the intention of causing physical injury
  • German: verdreschen — assault someone with the intention of causing physical injury
  • Japanese: 強打する (kyōda suru) — assault someone with the intention of causing physical injury
  • Japanese: 乱打する (randa suru) — assault someone with the intention of causing physical injury
  • Japanese: ぶちのめす (buchinomesu) — assault someone with the intention of causing physical injury
  • Russian: избива́ть (izbivátʹ) — assault someone with the intention of causing physical injury
  • Russian: изби́ть (izbítʹ) — assault someone with the intention of causing physical injury
  • Russian: колоти́ть (kolotítʹ) — assault someone with the intention of causing physical injury
  • Russian: поколоти́ть (pokolotítʹ) — assault someone with the intention of causing physical injury
  • Russian: дуба́сить (dubásitʹ) — assault someone with the intention of causing physical injury
  • Russian: отдуба́сить (otdubásitʹ) — assault someone with the intention of causing physical injury
  • Spanish: golpear — assault someone with the intention of causing physical injury