beat
/biːt/ verb C2- simple past tense of beat
Verb forms
- Base form
- beat
- He/she/it
- beats
- Past
- beat
- Past participle
- beaten
- -ing form
- beating
An irregular verb: learn its past and past participle by heart.
Phrasal verbs and expressions
- beat about To search for something; to look around for something; to...
- beat back To fight against and cause to recede.
- beat down Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see beat, ...
- beat into To teach or instil by harsh repetition.
- beat off To drive something away with blows or military force.
- beat on To talk at length; to go on and on; to rant or expound.
- beat out To sound a rhythm on a percussion instrument such as a drum.
- beat up To give a severe beating to; to assault violently with re...
From the library
Barker beat his head with his clenched fist in his impotent anger.
“I don’t say that he can’t be beat.
Diana says she never saw the beat of me for hitting on fancy names for places.
These sounds made the little girl’s heart beat fast, for she did not know what made them; but Toto knew, and he walked close to Dorothy’s side, and did not even bark in return.
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