beat-up

adjective

ˈbēt-ˌəp

-ˈəp

Synonyms of beat-up next

: dilapidated, shabby

Examples of beat-up in a Sentence

drives the same beat-up truck he had in high school

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In the fall of 1934, three men in their 20s piled into a beat-up car in Los Angeles and drove 1,700 miles to Morelia, the capital of the Mexican state of Michoacán. —

Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Feb. 2025 On December 31, the 60-year-old American Pickers host took to his Instagram to share a photo of himself sitting on a beat-up couch wearing jeans and a white t-shirt. —

Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 24 Jan. 2025 Trading in your beat-up mattress for something new is one of the best ways to start sleeping through the night. —

Christopher Murray, Fox News, 21 Jan. 2025 The actor and martial arts master plays Caine, a blind assassin who uses advanced hearing to beat-up bad guys in creative and brutal ways, as well as - what else? - a cane. —

Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for beat-up