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
And beat him when he sneezes:
I beat him when he sneezes;
“Perhaps not,” Alice cautiously replied: “but I know I have to beat time when I learn music.”
At this the whole pack rose up into the air, and came flying down upon her: she gave a little scream, half of fright and half of anger, and tried to beat them off, and found herself lying on the bank, with her head in the lap of her sister, who was gently brushing away some dead leaves that had fluttered down from the trees upon her face.
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