bang up
Example Sentences
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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
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
Chefs such as Campbell are brave and exciting to me because to even pepper a menu with the term “vegan” is to bang up against decades of culinary prejudice.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 22, 2018
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
The video he was receiving now was bang up to date.
From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer
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