单词 | beat somebody/something ↔ out |
释义 | beat somebody/something ↔ out From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishbeat somebody/something ↔ out phrasal verb1 CAPMif a drum or something else beats out a rhythm, or if you beat out a rhythm on a drum, it makes a continuous regular sound2 especially American EnglishBEAT/DEFEAT to defeat someone in a competition Lockheed beat out a rival company to win the contract. for Roberts beat out Tony Gwynn for the Most Valuable Player Award.3 STOP something THAT IS HAPPENINGto put out a fire by hitting it many times with something such as a cloth → beat→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpusbeat out• So now the Channel Islands businessmen want to buy out what they can not beat.• Shall we beat their brains out in court?• We thought the murderous hordes were beaten and whimpering out in the jungles, licking their wounds.• Six months ago, Pete Wilson wanted to beat the daylights out of Bob Dole on the campaign trail.• Fear of the future had long since beaten that out of the young.• Seven hours of beating your brains out when you weren't feeling all that hot to begin with. |
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