Beat
121beat it — to go away immediately. I told the kid to beat it, and that s the last I saw of him. She said she was going to pack her bag and beat it back to Tennessee. Usage notes: often used as an order: Go on, beat it! Etymology: based on the phrase beat a… …
122beat on — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms beat on : present tense I/you/we/they beat on he/she/it beats on present participle beating on past tense beat on past participle beaten on American informal beat on someone to hurt someone by hitting them a… …
123beat — a [bít] m (ȋ) 1. zlasti v zahodnih deželah način življenja mlajše generacije, ki se kaže v nepodrejanju veljavnim družbenim normam in v sproščenem uživanju: mladi se navdušujejo za beat 2. stil moderne zabavne glasbe, ki se izvaja s petjem in… …
124beat — see if you can’t beat them, join them one Englishman can beat three Frenchmen it is easy to find a stick to beat a dog a woman, a dog, and a walnut tree, the more you beat them the better they be …
125beat — 1. a unit of time equal to 0.001 day or 86.4 seconds. Metric time, meaningdecimalized time, is an idea dating back at least to the French Revolutionof the 1790 s. In most metric time proposals, the day is divided into 10 metrichours, each… …
126beat it — {v.}, {slang} To go away in a hurry; get out quickly. * /When he heard the crash he beat it as fast as he could./ Often used as a command. * /The big boy said, Beat it, kid. We don t want you with us. / Compare: CLEAR OUT(2), LIGHT OUT, HEAD FOR… …
127beat to — {v.}, {informal} To do something before someone else does it. * /I was waiting to buy a ticket but only one ticket was left, and another man beat me to it./ * /We were planning to send a rocket into space but the Russians beat us to it./ Compare …
128beat up — {v.}, {informal} To give a hard beating to; hit hard and much; thrash; whip. * /When the new boy first came, he had to beat up several neighborhood bullies before they would leave him alone./ Used with on in substandard speech. * /The tough boy… …
