American Dictionary
Definition beam up in American English
beam up phrasal verb
[transitive] phrasal verbThis verb was most famously used in the phrase “Beam me up, Scottie,” from the television science fiction series Star Trek, in which one of the main characters was called Mr. Scott. People sometimes use this humorously for saying that they want to get away from an embarrassing or difficult situation.
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in science fiction stories, to bring someone back to their spacecraft using special electronic equipment
