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beat-up

adj

Etymology

Deverbal from beat up.

Definitions

  1. Worn out by overuse

    Worn out by overuse; in a state of disrepair

  2. An artificially or disingenuously manufactured outcry, usually in the media.

    • 2009, Michael Cook, 'Is Britain’s stem cell crisis a beat-up?', BioEdge Few areas of science journalism are more susceptible to frothy beat-ups than stem cell research.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA