单词 | beat the rap |
释义 | beat the rapSEE SYNONYMS FOR beat the rap ON THESAURUS.COM Escape punishment; win acquittal. For example, The youngsters were caught shoplifting, but somehow they were able to beat the rap. The rap in this idiom means “the legal charge against one.” [Slang; 1920s] Words nearby beat the rapbeat the drum for, beat the Dutch, beat the living daylights out of, beat the meat, beat the pants off, beat the rap, Beattie, beat time, beat to it, Beatty, beat-up The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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