"beat 'em up" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-beat 'em up.wav Forms: beat 'em ups [plural]
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  1. (video games) A video game of the genre oriented around interpersonal combat (e.g. martial arts, street fighting, brawling, etc). Categories (topical): Video game genres, Video games Related terms: shoot 'em up
    Sense id: en-beat_'em_up-en-noun-P7HBu9Yb Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Topics: video-games

Inflected forms

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