bang up
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UKUSAustraliainformal
- To injure, bruise, or damage a person or thing by striking or collision; to beat up or mishandle.
USUKinformalcolloquial
- Excellent; first-rate (commonly used as a compound adjective, e.g., 'a bang-up job').
UKUSinformaldated
- To put someone in prison or otherwise confine them; to lock up (often seen in past participle form 'banged up').
UKUSinformal
- To strike against or come into abrupt contact with something; to collide with or be driven up against.
UKAustraliainformal
- As an intensifier meaning completely or thoroughly when combined with adjectives (e.g., 'bang up to date' = fully up to date).
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