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bang up en · ADJ
Pronunciation
Meanings
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(idiomatic, not-comparable, qualifier:often hyphenated) Good, superior, excellent.
He's doing a bang up job.
Translations (9)
de spitzenmäßig (superior, excellent) · pl ekstra (superior, excellent) · pl mega (superior, excellent) · de erstklassig (superior, excellent) · hu bomba jó (superior, excellent) · pl świetny (superior, excellent) · pl zarąbisty (superior, excellent) · hu bombasztikus (superior, excellent) · pl super (superior, excellent)
bang up en · VERB
Pronunciation
Meanings
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(informal, transitive) To damage.
He banged up his new car last night.
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(informal, transitive) To put someone in prison, or into their individual cell.
He was so drunk that the police banged him up for the night.
A combination of having too many plates spinning, ill-health, being banged up for debt (1822-23) and bankruptcy all served to impede James' progress, although the Central Junction Railway - a 16-mile horse-drawn tramway between Stratford and Moreton (Gloucestershire) - did materialise in 1826.
2021 December 29, Stephen Roberts, “Stories and facts behind railway plaques”, in RAIL, number 947, page 56:
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(intransitive, slang) To inject a recreational drug.
I knew some fellows who banged up, I mean heroin, but I kind of stayed away from it.
1971, Army Digest, volume 26, page 31:
Forms
Synonyms
dub up
Translations (17)
fr démolir (to damage) · fr endommager (to damage) · de demolieren (to damage) · pt estragar (to damage) · ru разби́ть (to damage) · pl uszkodzić (to damage) · pl rozbić (to damage) · pl rozbijać (to damage) · pl rozwalać (to damage) · pt danificar (to damage) · pl stłuc (to damage) · fr abimer (to damage) · ru разру́шить (to damage) · de zerdeppern (to damage) · pl rozwalić (to damage) · fr flinguer (to damage) · pl uszkadzać (to damage)