dent up

dent up

To cause dents or dimples in something. I can't believe how much that runaway shopping cart dented up my car! Look, you kids have dented up the basement wall by shooting hockey pucks at it! It was an incredibly low-speed collision, so it didn't dent up either of our cars, thank goodness.

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dent something up

to mar or make depressions in something. I don't want to dent my car up. It's still new. He dented up my new bike!

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