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beats

/biːts/ noun B1
  1. An assault by beating. (slang)
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Johnnie beats the drum.
A Child's Garden of Verses, p. 6 · C1
“Well, this fairly beats me!” he cried at last.
The Valley of Fear, p. 93 · C1
“It beats anything I have seen, and I am no chicken.”
A Study in Scarlet, p. 29 · B2
“Well, I must confess that it beats me.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, p. 80 · B2

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