phrasal verb

Bang up

Letter BInseparable

Bang up

Put someone in prison

Meanings

Put someone in prison (separable [optional], British English)
Damage badly (separable [optional], International English)

Examples

The judge BANGED him UP for eight years.
He BANGED his car UP last night.

Related

bang + …Same base verb … + upSame particle

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