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  • 101beat — v., n., & adj. v. (past beat; past part. beaten) 1 tr. a strike (a person or animal) persistently or repeatedly, esp. to harm or punish. b strike (a thing) repeatedly, e.g. to remove dust from (a carpet etc.), to sound (a drum etc.). 2 intr.… …

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  • 102Beat Farmers — Infobox Musical artist Name = The Beat Farmers Img capt = Img size = Landscape = Background = group or band Birth name = Alias = Born = Died = Origin = San Diego, CA Instrument = Voice type = Genre = Cowpunk Hard rock Country rock Occupation =… …

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  • 103beat — {{11}}beat (adj.) defeated, overcome by effort, c.1400; tired, exhausted, by 1905, Amer.Eng., from past tense of BEAT (Cf. beat) (v.). {{12}}beat (n.) c.1300, a beating, whipping; the beating of a drum, from BEAT (Cf. beat) (v.). As throb of the… …

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  • 104beat someone/something off — REPEL, fight off, fend off, stave off, repulse, drive away/back, force back, beat back, push back, put to flight. → beat * * * succeed in resisting an attacker or an attack ■ win against a challenge or rival …

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  • 105beat your meat —    (of a male) to masturbate    And as beat your dummy or beat off.     To see that you don t beat your meat, said the constable coarsely. (Sharpe, 1976, explaining why a prisoner was kept under observation)     Twenty minutes, he ll beat off and …

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  • 106beat it — (informal).See run verb sense 2. → beat * * * phrasal 1. : to hurry away : get out in a rush : scram the youngsters beat it when the police came 2 …

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  • 107beat the pants off — {v. phr.} 1. To prevail over someone in a race or competition. * /Jim beat the pants off George in the swimming race./ 2. To give someone a severe physical beating. * /Jack beat the pants off the two young men who were trying to hold him up in… …

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  • 108beat the pants off — {v. phr.} 1. To prevail over someone in a race or competition. * /Jim beat the pants off George in the swimming race./ 2. To give someone a severe physical beating. * /Jack beat the pants off the two young men who were trying to hold him up in… …

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  • 109Beat-Club — Infobox Television show name =Beat Club caption = aka = genre =Music creator =Gerhard Augustin and Mike Leckebusch writer = director = creat director =Mike Leckebusch developer = presenter =Uschi Nerke (1965 1972) Dave Lee Travis (1965 1969) Dave …

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  • 110beat\ the\ pants\ off — v. phr. 1. To prevail over someone in a race or competition. Jim beat the pants off George in the swimming race. 2. To give someone a severe physical beating. Jack beat the pants off the two young men who were trying to hold him up in Central… …

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