"bruise up" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: bruises up [present, singular, third-person], bruising up [participle, present], bruised up [participle, past], bruised up [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} bruise up (third-person singular simple present bruises up, present participle bruising up, simple past and past participle bruised up)
  1. (transitive) To cause bruises to appear, usually by beating or battering. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Violence
    Sense id: en-bruise_up-en-verb-40MJwgAX Disambiguation of Violence: 84 16 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English phrasal verbs formed with "up", English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 64 36 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 93 7 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "up": 86 14 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 93 7
  2. (intransitive) To show or get bruises. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-bruise_up-en-verb-ZAS9EIVn

Inflected forms

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