be off beat

  • 91beat — [[t]bit[/t]] v. beat, beat•en beat, beat•ing 1) to strike forcefully and repeatedly: to beat a toy drum[/ex] 2) cvb to hit (a person or animal) repeatedly so as to cause painful injury; thrash (often fol. by up) 3) to dash against: rain beating… …

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  • 92beat off phrasal — verb 1 (transitive beat someone/something off) to prevent someone who is trying to attack you, harm you, or compete against you: efforts to beat off our business rivals | We managed to beat off the dogs and run away. 2 (intransitive, transitive… …

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  • 93Beat Off — Infobox Album Name = Beat Off Type = Album Artist = The Queers Released = August 10, 1994 February 6, 2007 (reissue) Recorded = 1994 Genre = Pop Punk, Punk rock Length = Label = Lookout! Records LK 081 Asian Man Records (reissue) ASM 142 Producer …

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  • 94beat off sb — UK US beat off sb/sth Phrasal Verb with beat({{}}/biːt/ verb [T] (beat, beaten, US also beat) ► to stop someone or something from succeeding: »The company was awarded the contract after beating off fierce competition …

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  • 95beat off sb/sth — UK US beat off sb/sth Phrasal Verb with beat({{}}/biːt/ verb [T] (beat, beaten, US also beat) ► to stop someone or something from succeeding: »The company was awarded the contract after beating off fierce competition …

    Financial and business terms

  • 96beat off sth — UK US beat off sb/sth Phrasal Verb with beat({{}}/biːt/ verb [T] (beat, beaten, US also beat) ► to stop someone or something from succeeding: »The company was awarded the contract after beating off fierce competition …

    Financial and business terms

  • 97beat — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. throb, stroke, accent, rhythm; pulse; route. See business, region. v. throb, pulsate; strike, batter; conquer, defeat. See regularity, impulse, superiority, agitation. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1.… …

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  • 98beat around the bush — Synonyms and related words: about the bush, around the bush, beat about, beat around, beg the question, bicker, boggle, cavil, choplogic, circumlocute, dodge, duck, equivocate, evade, evade the issue, fence, go round about, hedge, hem and haw,… …

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  • 99Off Centre — This article is about the television show. For the book by Damon Knight, see Off Center. Off Centre Intertitle Genre Sitcom …

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  • 100beat off — AND ball off; jack off; jag off; jerk off; pull oneself off; toss off; wack off; wank off; whack off; whank off; whip off 1. in. to masturbate. (Usually objectionable.) □ They say if you beat off too much, you’ll get pimples. 2 …

    Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions