Bang up-to-date

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15 December 2025

We use this expression to say something is completely modern or informed about everything.

Written: Yes

Spoken: Yes

Formal: No

Informal: Yes

Example 1

I'm impressed by the office. All the equipment is bang up-to-date.

Yes. Everything looked very new.

Example 2

I check the news on the internet about four or five times a day.

Me too. In my job it's important to be bang up-to-date with what's happening.