hear the beat

hear the beat
or[see the beat] {v. phr.}, {dialect} To hear of or to see someone or something better or surpassing. - Usually used in negative or interrogative sentences and often followed by "of". * /I never heard the beat! John swam all the way across the river. Did you ever hear the beat of it?/ * /The juggler spun a table around on the tip of his finger. I never saw the beat of that./

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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