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beat the meatAlternative form of beat one's meat.Rate it:

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beat the pants offTo thoroughly and decisively defeat someone, either in a physical fight or, figuratively, in a competition.Rate it:

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beat the rapAvoid fines or punishment, receive forgiveness from family, friends, the law and the Boss for misdemeanors, infractions and Stupid Stunts.Rate it:

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beat the shit out ofTo beat really badly.Rate it:

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beat the stuffing out ofTo beat really badly.Rate it:

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beat upTo cause by some other means, injuries comparable to the result of being beaten up.Rate it:

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beat upTo feel badly guilty and accuse oneself over something. Usually followed by over.Rate it:

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beat upTo get something done, derived from the idea of beating for game.Rate it:

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beat upTo verbally assault repeatedly.Rate it:

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beat your arseDepression Expression of threatened punishment if the child or youth ever repeated the act or expression.Rate it:

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Beat Your Swords into PlowsharesTo abandon any sort of fights and divert attention and efforts towards some peaceful activitiesRate it:

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beat yourself upTo overly judge and berate yourself for a mistake, bad judgement or act.Rate it:

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drum beatOn a particular patternRate it:

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it is easy to find a stick to beat a dog(rare or obsolete, proverb) If a person is determined to punish someone, they will find a way to do so.1596 Rate it:

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my heart skipped a beatIntense excitement.Rate it:

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police beatUsed other than as an idiom: see police, beat.Rate it:

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police beatA small police station, with a limited range of facilities, located in an officer's residence or in a shopping centre.Rate it:

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pound a beatTo walk a regular route.Rate it:

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skip a beatTo miss a beat.Rate it:

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skip a beatTo experience a strong emotion.Rate it:

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to beat the bandVery vigorously; at a frantic pace; to a high degree; in large quantities.Rate it:

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kick ass and take namesTo beat someone in a competition, fight, or other situation.Rate it:

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kick rocksGo do something unproductive, go bother someone else, leave me alone, go away; See idioms: ‘take a hike,’ ‘hit the road,’ ‘beat it’Rate it:

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tread outTo press out with the feet; to press out, as wine or wheat.Rate it:

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whoop assTo beat or strike.Rate it:

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within an inch of one’s lifeFiguratively or hyperbolically, means very soundly, thoroughly, or completely; To an extreme degree or extent; often follows the verb ‘beat’ to mean ‘very close to or near death’Rate it:

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whoop-assTo beat or strike.Rate it:

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knock upTo exhaust; wear out; weary; beat; tire out; to fatigue until unable to do more.Rate it:

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put foot to assTo beat the shit out of someone or something; whoop assRate it:

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put the bee onTo finish off, to beat.Rate it:

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rough upTo manhandle or beat up.Rate it:

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slow-walkTo delay a request or command, to drag one's feet, to stall, to obstruct, to drag out a process.Rate it:

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mess upTo manhandle; beat up; rough up.Rate it:

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Out in Left FieldUnusual, eccentric, off beatRate it:

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battre la retraiteTo beat tattoo (or, the retreat.)Rate it:

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kick assTo beat someone at something.Rate it:

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wail onTo beat heavily on anything.Rate it:

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walk all overTo easily beat a competitor in a contest; to win without much effort.Rate it:

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ad pedes alicuius accidereto fall at some one's feet.Rate it:

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ad pedes alicuius se proicere, se abicere, procumbere, se prosternereto throw oneself at some one's feet.Rate it:

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battre la campagne1. (lit.) To scour the country. 2. (fig.) To talk nonsense. 3. (of invalids) To wander. 4. To beat about the bush.Rate it:

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battre quelqu'un à plate coutureTo beat some one hollow.Rate it:

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beats one's swords into ploughsharesThird-person singular simple present indicative form of beat one's swords into ploughsharesRate it:

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CAVOKAcronym of Ceiling and visibility OK., sometimes alternatively interpreted as "Clouds and Visibility OK", a weather status report for pilots when visibility is at least 10 kilometres, there are no clouds below 5000 feet or minimum sector altitude, and there is no current or forecast significant weather such as precipitation.Rate it:

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cet homme-là est bien tombéThat man has fallen on his feet; That man has applied to the right person (or, ironic), to the wrong person.Rate it:

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claw offto beat to windward to avoid being driven on to a lee shoreRate it:

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clue stickA metaphorical stick used to beat information or understanding into a slow learner.Rate it:

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déloger sans tambour ni trompetteTo leave without beat of drum.Rate it:

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do overTo beat up.Rate it:

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dogsFeet.Rate it:

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