beam someone up

beam someone up
beam (someone/something) up to send someone or something into space as waves of energy.

Mission Control beamed up pictures of the spaceship taken from the space station.

The ads show aliens beaming up a cow.

Etymology: based on the literal meaning of beam (= a line of light) and made popular by the TV show "Star Trek," in which people would ask to be transported by saying beam me up

New idioms dictionary. 2014.

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  • beam something up — beam (someone/something) up to send someone or something into space as waves of energy. Mission Control beamed up pictures of the spaceship taken from the space station. The ads show aliens beaming up a cow. Etymology: based on the literal… …   New idioms dictionary

  • beam up — beam (someone/something) up to send someone or something into space as waves of energy. Mission Control beamed up pictures of the spaceship taken from the space station. The ads show aliens beaming up a cow. Etymology: based on the literal… …   New idioms dictionary

  • beam something down — beam (someone/something) down to send someone or something to earth as waves of energy. A few people liked my idea, but most just looked at me as though I d beamed down from outer space …   New idioms dictionary

  • beam down — beam (someone/something) down to send someone or something to earth as waves of energy. A few people liked my idea, but most just looked at me as though I d beamed down from outer space …   New idioms dictionary

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  • beam down — ˌbeam ˈdown [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they beam down he/she/it beams down present participle beaming down past tense …   Useful english dictionary

  • beam me up, scotty — Something someone says when they want to get out of a place or situation, meaning Get me out of here! . (It comes from the TV series and movies Star Trek, though the exact words used were a little different.) …   The small dictionary of idiomes

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