- beat something out
- 1) produce a loud, rhythmic sound by striking something
he beat out a rhythm on the drums
2) extinguish flames by striking at them with a suitable object
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
beat something out
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beat something out — tv. to type something or play something on the piano. □ It’ll just take me a few minutes to beat this out. CD He beat out a cheery song on the old ivories … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
beat something out of somebody — ˌbeat sth ˈout of sb derived to hit sb until they tell you what you want to know Main entry: ↑beatderived … Useful english dictionary
beat somebody out of something — ˈbeat sb out of sth derived (NAmE, informal) to cheat sb by taking sth from them • Her brother beat her out of $200. Main entry: ↑beatderived … Useful english dictionary
beat brains out — beat (your) brains out to spend a lot of time worrying about a problem and thinking about how to deal with it. I ve been beating my brains out trying to think of a way of getting the money to her in time. (often + doing something) … New idioms dictionary
beat 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
stamp something out — PUT AN END/STOP TO, end, stop, crush, put down, crack down on, curb, nip in the bud, scotch, squash, quash, quell, subdue, suppress, extinguish, stifle, abolish, get rid of, eliminate, eradicate, beat, overcome, defeat, destroy, wipe out;… … Useful english dictionary
beat out — verb 1. come out better in a competition, race, or conflict (Freq. 2) Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship We beat the competition Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game • Syn: ↑beat, ↑crush, ↑shell, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
beat out phrasal — verb 1 (transitive something out) to put out a fire by beating 2 (transitive beat something out of someone) to force someone to tell you something by beating them: I had the truth beaten out of me by my father. 3 (transitive beat something out)… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
beat out — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms beat out : present tense I/you/we/they beat out he/she/it beats out present participle beating out past tense beat out past participle beaten out 1) to stop a fire from burning by hitting it with something She … English dictionary
beat — [[t]bi͟ːt[/t]] ♦ beats, beating, beaten (The form beat is used in the present tense and is the past tense.) 1) VERB If you beat someone or something, you hit them very hard. [V n] My wife tried to stop them and they beat her... [V n to n] They… … English dictionary
