To discomfit (in battle or dispute). Obsolete.

transitive. To overcome; to conquer, vanquish.

transitive. To pass over, neglect, omit.

transitive. To overcome, defeat, subdue. Also figurative.

transf. to say checkmate (to any one): to say ‘you are beaten’, ‘your game is up’; to beat in a contest; to defeat, undo.

To overcome (a person) by other than physical means. Also const. of (= in respect of).

With hostile notion: To ‘dispose of‘, put down (an antagonist).

transitive. To go beyond, overcome; to surpass, excel; †to vanquish, crush (obsolete). English regional (northern) in later use.

transitive. To defeat, vanquish, overcome; to subdue; to put down, oppress. Obsolete.

To beat down, overcome.

figurative. to shave (a person's) beard, to bring to discomfiture. Obsolete.

to put to (also at, unto) the (also one's) worse: to defeat or discomfit in a contest or conflict. Obsolete.

transitive. To put an end to; to defeat, overcome. Obsolete.

transitive. To overcome (a person) by force; to overpower, subdue. Also: to suppress, put down, put an end to (something). Obsolete.

transitive. To strike or fell to the ground with a blow or blows; figurative to overcome, vanquish, cause to succumb. Also, to bring down by a…

to put to (also at) the worst: to defeat, overcome. Also to drive to the worst. Obsolete.

transitive. To defeat in a contest or competition; to surpass, excel.

transitive. To vanquish, overcome.

transitive. To thwart, foil, baffle (a person). Obsolete. rare.

figurative. To beat, thrash, trounce; to defeat; also, to reprimand, reprove, upbraid, scold (cf. ‘to give one a dressing’).

To overcome, conquer, vanquish; figurative to overpower. Also absol. Obsolete.

To overthrow, defeat (an antagonist); to beat off, repulse, discomfit (an assailant or an attack). †In Wrestling: To throw, to inflict a ‘foil’…

To overcome, vanquish, defeat; to surpass, outdo: = beat, v.1 10. Also (U.S. colloquial) to whip one's weight in wildcats and variants: (to be able)…

transitive. To overcome (an adversary, adverse circumstances, etc.). Obsolete.

transitive. To overcome, conquer; to get over, surmount. Cf. earlier superate, adj.

transitive. Without construction: to compel to submit or surrender; to bring (a person) under control or authority; to bring (a place) into…

To overcome, vanquish, conquer; = convince, v. 1. Obsolete. (Cf. convict, adj. 5.)

transitive. To cause to fail; to defeat.

To defeat in competition. Chiefly in passive. Obsolete or dialect.

transitive. To beat violently, knock about; to thrash or drub, defeat, worst. literal and figurative. Hence banged up adj., knocked about (U.S. collo…

transitive. To overcome, subdue, prevail over.

Cf. best, v.1 transitive. To defeat in argument, to outdo or prove better than (a person). Also: to overcome or foil (an undertaking). Frequently in p…

transferred and figurative. To get the better of; to master, overcome.

To vanquish in fight, ‘beat’, ‘lick’. Obsolete.

To inflict chastisement upon; to punish; also, to get the better of, defeat.

figurative. To overcome; to get the better of; to put down.

transitive. To beat, defeat, overcome; to exhaust. Frequently in passive. Now chiefly U.S. regional.

transitive. To overcome (a person) in some way; to get the better of; to thwart, scupper; (occasionally) to confound.

figurative. To defeat. ? Obsolete.

figurative. To give a fall to, cause to fall, overthrow. Also Scottish, to jilt.

Hence figurative (colloquial or slang). To bowl (a person) out, over, down.

slang. To overcome, get the better of; to excel, surpass. it licks me: I cannot explain it. Also to lick into fits: to defeat thoroughly.

transitive. To overcome, to conquer in battle, or (in modern use) in any other contest, at doing anything; to show oneself superior to, to surpass…

slang. transitive. To beat, strike, thrash; to fight, overcome (cf. mill, n.4, mill, v.2); (occasionally) to kill. Obsolete.

figurative. In slang phrase to row (someone) up Salt River and variants, to defeat (a political opponent); to overcome, send to oblivion. Also with…

transitive. To beat (another person, team, or animal) in a contest or competition, esp. a sporting event.

slang. To beat in a contest. (Cf. sack, v.2)

transitive. To defeat, beat, or get the better of (another person, team, etc.); spec. to prevent (an opponent) from scoring a single point…

figurative. To overcome, vanquish, defeat utterly (with literal blows, or in a contest of any kind); hence, to surpass or excel greatly: = beat, v.1…

transitive. To defeat or beat narrowly.

transitive. figurative or in figurative context. To defeat in a contest; (also) to be the cause of defeat to.

to clean out. To defeat or deal effectively with (a person); to eject from a place. U.S.

transitive. slang. To overpower, defeat; to kill. Also: to confront, attack (a person). Cf. to take out 1c at phrasal verbs 1.

transitive. colloquial. To beat soundly, belabour, thrash; also occasionally used as humorously for beat, v.1 in figurative senses, e.g. to get the…

transitive. In phrases. to sock it to (one): to strike, deal a blow to (that person); to ‘give it’ to (one). Hence figurative; frequently in…

figurative. To beat in a contest.

to clean up (see also sense 3a). Various colloquial and slang uses (chiefly U.S.). transitive. To beat, vanquish; spec. in gambling, to make a…

North American colloquial. To get ahead of or prevail over (another), esp. in competition; to anticipate, improve upon (cf. 10a).

transitive. Chiefly British (originally Military). To defeat in a fight, competition, etc.; to remove, dispose of, or deal with the threat posed by…

North American slang. to lower the boom on: to inflict severe damage or harsh punishment on; to treat severely; (also) to put a stop to (an…

To beat or defeat. Frequently passive.

To hit; to thrash or ‘beat up’; to defeat, shoot down; to reprimand or criticize severely.

U.S. slang. transitive. Frequently with out. To beat in competition; to outwit or outperform; to get the better of.

Originally U.S. to run into the ground: (a) to carry (a thing) to excess, to overdo; (b) to destroy or damage beyond repair by excessive use, to…