whack up

whack up

1. To strike someone or something repeatedly and very forcefully; to thrash someone or something. A noun or pronoun can be used between "whack" and "up." The poor animal spent most of its life in a cage getting whacked up by its owners, before we managed to rescue it. My mama used to whack me up when I misbehaved as a kid.
2. To control or dominate someone or some group very thoroughly or severely. A noun or pronoun can be used between "whack" and "up." They really whacked our team up during the first half of the game, but we managed to make one heck of a comeback in the second. The prosecutor whacked up the defendant during the cross-examination.
3. To post or present something that one has assembled, produced, or created, especially very suddenly, hurriedly, or haphazardly. A noun or pronoun can be used between "whack" and "up." The company has whacked up yet another list of rules and regulations. You're never going to make it as a YouTuber if you're content to just whack a new video up every now and then.
See also: up, whack
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

whack someone or something up

Sl. to damage someone or something. Bob got mad at Greg and whacked him up. Clara whacked up her car yesterday.
See also: up, whack
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

wack someone/something up

verb
See whack someone/something up
See also: someone, something, up, wack

wack something

verb
See whack something out
See also: something, wack
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • bear off from (someone or something)
  • be/have done with somebody/something
  • be in line with (someone or something)
  • better of
  • (someone or something) promises well
  • begin with
  • begin with (someone or something)
  • bird has flown, the
  • beware of
  • beware of (someone or something)
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