Synonyms of beats up on

beats up on

phrase

present tense third-person singular of beat up on

1

as in attacks

to take sudden, violent action against

A brawl broke out and the players all started beating up on each other.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• attacks
• assaults
• raids
• storms
• turns (on)
• jumps (on)
• strikes
• descends (on or upon)
• sets at
• sets upon
• sets on
• goes in (on)
• rounds on
• flies at
• charges
• tears into
• ambushes
• robs
• goes at
• pounces (on or upon)
• lights into
• pitches into
• invades
• rushes
• swarms
• besets
• assails
• sics
• bushwhacks
• trashes
• surprises
• gangs up (on)
• sacks
• bombs
• mobs
• bangs away (at)
• bum-rushes
• flanks
• waylays
• mugs
• ravages
• ambuscades
• cannons
• nukes
• besieges
• blitzes
• barrages
• cannonades
• buffets
• bombards
• plunders
• forays
• batters
• loots
• beleaguers
• pillages
• plasters
• harries
• overruns
• envelops
• presses

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• protects
• covers
• guards
• shields
• defends
• secures

2

as in jumps (on)

to criticize harshly and usually publicly

She beat up on me in front of everyone for arriving late.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• attacks
• jumps (on)
• slams
• scolds
• abuses
• ties into
• sails into
• criticizes
• savages
• blasts
• insults
• scathes
• lights into
• vituperates
• potshots
• assails
• excoriates
• castigates
• curses
• bashes
• trashes
• belabors
• harasses
• lambastes
• berates
• reprimands
• imprecates
• reviles
• blasphemes
• execrates
• harangues
• lashes (out)
• affronts
• harries
• slurs
• disparages
• slanders
• whips
• laces (into)
• blackguards
• vilifies
• profanes
• asperses
• libels
• belittles
• chides
• puts down
• rebukes
• fulminates
• chastises
• bad-mouths
• traduces

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• compliments
• praises
• commends
• hails
• lauds
• acclaims

3

as in licks

to strike repeatedly

They beat up on the piñata until it finally broke open.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• licks
• pounds
• hides
• lashes
• beats
• whips
• attacks
• works over
• pelts
• hits
• does
• knocks
• assaults
• slaps
• batters
• thumps
• punches
• bats
• punches out
• smashes
• slams
• spanks
• mauls
• raids
• messes (up)
• clubs
• chops
• roughs (up)
• bashes
• jumps (on)
• switches
• slates
• buffets
• boxes
• paddles
• bludgeons
• belts
• pummels
• hammers
• curries
• smacks
• threshes
• bungs up
• storms
• birches
• descends (on or upon)
• lathers
• tans
• thrashes
• whales
• laces
• wounds
• flogs
• fibs
• pommels
• lambastes
• drubs
• bastes
• whacks
• swipes
• belabors
• wallops
• slogs
• lays on
• whups
• cracks
• whops
• socks
• rushes
• pounces (on or upon)
• straps
• cuffs
• thwacks
• tromps
• pastes
• swats
• lams
• besets
• assails
• clouts
• clobbers
• busts
• cudgels
• canes
• flagellates
• leathers
• scourges
• fustigates
• pistol-whips
• horsewhips
• whams
• cowhides
• lacerates
• blackjacks
• rawhides
• gores
• mutilates
• maims
• whomps
• mangles