bash up
phr. v..phr. v.. to hit someone or something many times and cause serious damage or injury.
phr. v.. to physically assault a person or damage an object through repeated, forceful impact; typically carries a colloquial or informal register.
He got bashed up in a fight outside the club.
The old car was completely bashed up after it rolled down the steep hill into a tree.
The protagonist returns home with a bashed up face, serving as a visceral reminder of the violent encounter he barely survived.
often used in the passive voice to describe the state of a person or object after an attack.
highlight that 'bash' alone implies a single hit, while 'bash up' emphasizes the resulting state of damage or the intensity of the beating.
The thieves bashed up to him.The thieves bashed him up.this is a transitive phrasal verb; the object must follow the verb or the particle, not be introduced by 'to'.