banged up

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banged up

verb

  1. participle, past simple past and past participle of bang up

adjective

  1. informal, not comparable Spending time in prison or jail. My uncle has been banged up for ten years now; I haven't seen him in five.
  2. informal, not comparable Physically injured or wounded. “Well I can tell you why I didn’t. It wasn’t necessary, Mr. Finch. She was mighty banged up. Something sho‘ happened, it was obvious.”

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