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bang up

[bang-uhp] / ˈbæŋˌʌp /








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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

Here, the first drop of precipitation and bang: up go a forest of brollies.

From The Guardian • Aug. 14, 2019

A new book about the software makers who are quietly building modern society is bang up to date in a fast-moving world, says reviewer Li Gong.

From Nature • Apr. 4, 2019

We’re saying, “Our kids are lovely and we don’t want them to bang up their knees and you’re treating us ... ” Right?

From Slate • Apr. 19, 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




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