- beat on someone or something
- beat on someone or somethingto pound or hammer on someone or something. •
She beat on him until he let her go.
•Stop beating on that drum!
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
beat on someone or something
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beat the drum for someone or something — tv. to promote or support someone or something. □ I spent a lot of time beating the drum for our plans for the future. □ The senator is only beating the drum for his special interests … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
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beat someone to it — To manage to do something before someone else can • • • Main Entry: ↑beat * * * beat someone to it phrase to do something before someone else When I went to take the keys I found that someone had beaten me to it. Thesaurus: to do something before … Useful english dictionary
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