beat+out-and-out

  • 21Beat Thing, The — by David Meltzer (2004)    It was almost inevitable that david meltzer would address the subject of “the Beats.” One of the most moving images in the Beat Culture and the New America museum exhibit that traveled around the country in 1996 was a… …

    Encyclopedia of Beat Literature

  • 22beat — [c]/bit / (say beet) verb (beat, beaten or beat, beating) –verb (t) 1. to strike repeatedly and usually violently. 2. to thrash, cane, or flog, as a punishment. 3. to whisk; stir, as in order to thicken or aerate: to beat cream; to beat eggwhites …

  • 23beat — 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.… …

    English dictionary for students

  • 24beat — [[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… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 25beat — I UK [biːt] / US [bɪt] verb Word forms beat : present tense I/you/we/they beat he/she/it beats present participle beating past tense beat past participle beaten UK [ˈbiːt(ə)n] / US [ˈbɪt(ə)n] *** 1) [transitive] to defeat someone in a game,… …

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  • 26Beat Surrender — Infobox Single Name = Beat Surrender Artist = The Jam from Album = B side = Shopping, Stoned Out Of My Mind, Move On Up Released = 1982 11 26 Format = 7 vinyl Recorded = Genre = Mod Revival Length = 3:25 Label = Polydor (UK) Writer = Paul Weller… …

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  • 27Beat Hollow — Thoroughbred racehorse infobox horsename = Beat Hollow caption = sire = Sadler s Wells grandsire = Northern Dancer dam = Wemyss Bight damsire = Dancing Brave sex = Stallion foaled = 1997 country = Great Britain flagicon|United Kingdom colour =… …

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  • 28Beat Up the NME — Infobox Album Name = Beat Up the NME Type = remix Artist = Various artists |50px|centre Released = 1997 Recorded = Genre = Length = Label = Producer = Reviews = Last album = This album = Next album = Beat Up The NME 60 Knockout Minutes Mixed By… …

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  • 29beat someone or something out — tv. to utdistance someone or some group; to perform better than someone or some group. □ We have to beat the other com any out, and then we’ll have the contract. CD I beat out Walter in the footrace …

    Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • 30beat hollow — (Colloq.) Surpass completely, excel beyond all question, beat out and out …

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