bang up
Example Sentences
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Listening to this book puts one in mind of Dylan’s verdict on Elvis Costello’s work: “Too many thoughts, way too wordy. Too many ideas that just bang up together.”
From Washington Post • Dec. 14, 2022
You did a bang up job when you took the helm.
From Slate • May 11, 2021
Chefs such as Campbell are brave and exciting to me because to even pepper a menu with the term “vegan” is to bang up against decades of culinary prejudice.
From The Guardian • Apr. 22, 2018
Beautifully illustrated, history-rich and bang up to date.
From Nature • Jul. 18, 2017
I took a rag out of my tote sack and wrapped the knife in it so’s it wouldn’t bang up ’gainst none of my chunking stones.
From "Elijah of Buxton" by Christopher Paul Curtis
