The pronunciation /bet/ for the past-tense form of beat seems to be fairly old—it goes back at least two centuries. It seems it was associated with Irish …
beat (someone) to the punch (idiom) To do or achieve something before someone else is able to. We were working on a new product but before we could get it into …
Beat over the head The expression beat me over the head with it is used when someone states the obvious, usually a painful truth. It's close to the …
beats the hell out of me'beats the hell out of me' can also be a slang for 'it puzzles/confuses the hell out of me' too.|It means they hurt you physically …
I can't believe you beat me home, you left school 10 minutes after me! = I can't believe you got home before me, you left school 10 minutes later than I did. …
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