bang up
See also: bang-up
English
Pronunciation
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Adjective
bang up (not comparable)
- (idiomatic, often hyphenated) Good, superior, excellent.
- He's doing a bang up job.
Translations
superior, excellent
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Verb
bang up (third-person singular simple present bangs up, present participle banging up, simple past and past participle banged up)
- To damage.
- He banged up his new car last night.
- To put someone in prison.
- He was so drunk that the police banged him up for the night.
Usage notes
- In all senses the object of this verb may appear before or after the particle up. However, if the object is a pronoun, then it is placed before the particle.
Translations
to damage
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