English verb: bang up | |||
1. | bang up (contact) damage or destroy as if by violence | ||
Samples | The teenager banged up the car of his mother. | ||
Synonyms | smash, smash up | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | damage | ||
2. | bang up (body) make pregnant | ||
Samples | He impregnated his wife again. | ||
Synonyms | impregnate, knock up, prang up | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody | ||
Broader (hypernym) | fecundate, fertilise, fertilize, inseminate | ||
Verb group | impregnate | ||