bang up
Example Sentences
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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
“It encodes the stars' formation history from the end of the ‘cosmic Dark Ages,' hundreds million years after the big bang, up to present day.”
From Washington Post ● Nov. 29, 2018
In that regard it’s bang up to date.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 1, 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
He didn’t look at it or nothing, he just stuck it in his pocket and I heard it bang up against some silver dollars.
From "Bud, Not Buddy" by Christopher Paul Curtis
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