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  • 1take some beating — ► to do something so well that it is difficult for anyone else to do better: »The automaker has delivered an impressive hatchback car that will take some beating. Main Entry: ↑beat …

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  • 2take a beating (to) —  Lose; get a bad deal; be crushed.  ► “U.S. exports to Mexico will take a beating from the peso devaluation, but the beating may be less severe than it has been in the first few months of devaluation.” (Forbes, April 24, 1995, p. 49) …

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  • 3beating — [[t]bi͟ːtɪŋ[/t]] ♦♦♦ beatings 1) N COUNT If someone is given a beating, they are hit hard many times, especially with something such as a stick. ...the savage beating of a black motorist by white police officers... The team secured pictures of… …

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  • 4take — take1 W1S1 [teık] v past tense took [tuk] past participle taken [ˈteıkən] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(action)¦ 2¦(move)¦ 3¦(remove)¦ 4¦(time/money/effort etc)¦ 5¦(accept)¦ 6¦(hold something)¦ 7¦(travel)¦ 8 …

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  • 5Take Me Out to the Ball Game — is an early 20th century Tin Pan Alley song which became the unofficial anthem of baseball although neither of its authors had attended a game prior to writing the song.cite web | url=http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.natlib.ihas.200153239/def… …

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  • 6Soon I Will Be Invincible — infobox Book | name = Soon I Will Be Invincible image caption = US cover of Soon I Will Be Invincible author = Austin Grossman cover artist = Flagicon|United States Geoff Spear Chip Kidd Flagicon|United Kingdom Bryan Hitch country = USA language …

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  • 7beat — beat1 W2S2 [bi:t] v past tense beat past participle beaten [ˈbi:tn] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(competition/election)¦ 2¦(hit)¦ 3¦(hit against)¦ 4¦(do better)¦ 5¦(be better)¦ 6¦(food)¦ 7¦(control/deal with)¦ …

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  • 8beat — 1 verb /bi:t/ past tense beat past participle beaten / bi:tn/ 1 DEFEAT (T) a) to get the most points, votes etc in a game, race, or competition: Brazil were beaten in the final 2 1. | I could always beat my brother at chess. | beat sb hollow… …

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  • 9Clonakenny GAA — Cluain Uí Chionaoith Founded: 1905 County: Tipperary Club colours: Black and Amber Coordinates …

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  • 102007 in darts — See also: 2007 in sports, 2006 in darts, 2008 in darts. NewsJanuary*1 Raymond van Barneveld battles from 3 sets to 0 down to win his first PDC Title and fifth world title overall 7 6 in the sudden death leg versus Phil Taylor who maintains his… …

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