bang up

See also: bang-up

English

Pronunciation

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Adjective

bang up (not comparable)

(idiomatic, often hyphenated) Good, superior, excellent.
He's doing a bang up job.

Translations

superior, excellent

German: spitzenmäßig (de), erstklassig (de)

Verb

bang up (third-person singular simple present bangs up, present participle banging up, simple past and past participle banged up)

To damage.
He banged up his new car last night.
To put someone in prison.
He was so drunk that the police banged him up for the night.

Usage notes

In all senses the object of this verb may appear before or after the particle up. However, if the object is a pronoun, then it is placed before the particle.

Translations

to damage

French: démolir (fr), (formal) endommager (fr), (colloquial) flinguer (fr), abimer (fr)
German: zerdeppern (de), demolieren (de)

Portuguese: danificar (pt), estragar (pt)
Russian: разби́ть (ru) n (razbítʹ), разру́шить (ru) n (razrúšitʹ)

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