to beat sb hollow
1beat\ all\ hollow — • beat all hollow • beat hollow v. phr. slang To do much better than; to beat very badly. We beat their team all hollow. As a speaker, he beats us all hollow …
2beat someone hollow — beat (someone) hollow British & Australian to defeat someone easily and by a large amount. We played my brother s school at football and beat them hollow …
3beat all hollow — also[beat hollow] {v. phr.}, {slang} To do much better than; to beat very badly. * /We beat their team all hollow./ * /As a speaker, he beats us all hollow./ …
4beat all hollow — also[beat hollow] {v. phr.}, {slang} To do much better than; to beat very badly. * /We beat their team all hollow./ * /As a speaker, he beats us all hollow./ …
5beat all hollow — phrasal see beat hollow …
6beat someone hollow — defeat someone thoroughly. → hollow …
7beat someone hollow — TROUNCE, defeat utterly, crush, rout, overwhelm, outclass; informal hammer, clobber, thrash, drub, lick, paste, crucify, slaughter, massacre, flatten, demolish, destroy, annihilate, walk over, wipe the floor with, make mincemeat of; Brit.… …
8beat\ hollow — • beat all hollow • beat hollow v. phr. slang To do much better than; to beat very badly. We beat their team all hollow. As a speaker, he beats us all hollow …
9beat hollow — beat (someone) hollow British & Australian to defeat someone easily and by a large amount. We played my brother s school at football and beat them hollow …
10hollow — [häl′ō] adj. [ME holwe < OE holh: see HOLE] 1. having an empty space, or only air, within it; having a cavity inside; not solid 2. depressed below the surrounding surface; shaped like a cup or bowl; concave 3. deeply set; sunken [hollow… …
