beat-up

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. sıfat Worn out by overuse; in a state of disrepair
2. isim An artificially or disingenuously manufactured outcry, usually in the media.

   “2009, Natasha Robinson, 'James Packer book outrage a beat-up, says Paul Barry', The Australian, Business section “It has been suggested that this is a vicious book, a poisonous book, that it's a disgrace to have written it,” Mr Barry said at today's book launch. “That's a total beat-up."”