beam up

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beam up

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From the Star Trek franchise.

verb beams up · beaming up · beamed up

transitive To teleport (someone or something) using a (fictional) device, especially from the surface of a planet to an orbiting starship.
intransitive To be teleported, or to teleport oneself, in this manner.
intransitive To appear suddenly, as if by teleport.
slang To get high on drugs, especially crack cocaine. Pookie: "They call it the "Enterprise Room", man, because it's for people who wanna be beamed up to Scotty."

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@misc{beam_up_2026,
  title = {beam up},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/beam%20up},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}