5.to beat up for recruits, etc. (see 27); to beat up quarters (see 28).
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1882 Daily Tel. 24 June At the commencement of play the wicket was moderately good, but it was beaten up considerably during the latter half of the Australian innings.
1887 N.E.D. at BeatMod. ‘We had an egg beaten up and biscuits.’