(give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression; "Thugs beat him up when he walked down the street late at night"; "The teacher used to beat the students")
(gather; "drum up support")
(damaged by blows or hard usage; "a battered old car"; "the beaten-up old Ford")
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