- bang someone up Brit.
- bang someone up Brit.informalimprison someone.→ bang
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bang someone up Brit.
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bang someone/something up — informal damage or injure someone or something he banged up his knee ■ Brit., informal imprison someone they ve been banged up for something they didn t do … Useful english dictionary
bang — bang1 noun 1》 a sudden loud, sharp noise. ↘a sudden painful blow. 2》 (bangs) N. Amer. a fringe of hair cut straight across the forehead. 3》 Computing, chiefly N. Amer. the character ‘!’. verb 1》 strike or put down forcefully and noisily.… … English new terms dictionary
bang up — verb 1. damage or destroy as if by violence The teenager banged up the car of his mother • Syn: ↑smash up, ↑smash • Derivationally related forms: ↑smash (for: ↑smash), ↑smasher … Useful english dictionary
bang — [[t]bæ̱ŋ[/t]] bangs, banging, banged 1) N COUNT; SOUND A bang is a sudden loud noise such as the noise of an explosion. I heard four or five loud bangs... She slammed the door with a bang... The television went bang. 2) VERB If something bangs,… … English dictionary
bang-on — also bang on ADJ: v link ADJ If someone is bang on with something, they are exactly right in their opinions or actions. [BRIT, INFORMAL] If we are not bang on with our preparations then we could have problems... He looks bang on with his early… … English dictionary
bang on about — PHRASAL VERB: no passive If someone bangs on about something, they keep talking about it in a boring or annoying way. [BRIT, INFORMAL] [V P P n] He has been banging on about education reform for years … English dictionary
send someone down — 1 (Brit.) she was sent down from Cambridge: EXPEL, exclude; Brit. rusticate. 2 (informal) he was sent down for life: SEND TO PRISON, imprison, jail, incarcerate, lo … Useful english dictionary
put someone away — (informal) 1 they put him away for life: JAIL, imprison, put in prison, put behind bars, lock up, incarcerate; informal cage; Brit. infor … Useful english dictionary
send someone down — informal Syn: send to prison, imprison, jail, incarcerate, lock up, confine, detain, intern; informal put away; Brit.; informal bang up … Synonyms and antonyms dictionary
head — [[t]he̱d[/t]] ♦ heads, heading, headed (Head is used in a large number of expressions which are explained under other words in the dictionary. For example, the expression off the top of your head is explained at top .) 1) N COUNT Your head is the … English dictionary
