beat back
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～ cause to move back by force or influence; "repel the enemy"; "push back the urge to smoke"; "beat back the invaders"
beat
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～ come out better in a competition, race, or conflict; "Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship"; "We beat the competition"; "Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game"
beat
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～ hit repeatedly; "beat on the door"; "beat the table with his shoe"
beat
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～ indicate by beating, as with the fingers or drumsticks; "Beat the rhythm"
beat
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～ avoid paying; "beat the subway fare"
beat
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～ move with a flapping motion; "The bird's wings were flapping"
beat
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～ shape by beating; "beat swords into ploughshares"
beat
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～ be a mystery or bewildering to; "This beats me!"; "Got me--I don't know the answer!"; "a vexing problem"; "This question really stuck me"
beat
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～ wear out completely; "This kind of work exhausts me"; "I'm beat"; "He was all washed up after the exam"
beat
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～ give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression; "Thugs beat him up when he walked down the street late at night"; "The teacher used to beat the students"
beat
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～ make a rhythmic sound; "Rain drummed against the windshield"; "The drums beat all night"
beat
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～ move rhythmically; "Her heart was beating fast"
beat
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～ produce a rhythm by striking repeatedly; "beat the drum"
beat
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～ beat through cleverness and wit; "I beat the traffic"; "She outfoxed her competitors"
beat
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～ make by pounding or trampling; "beat a path through the forest"
beat
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～ glare or strike with great intensity; "The sun was beating down on us"
beat
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～ strike (a part of one's own body) repeatedly, as in great emotion or in accompaniment to music; "beat one's breast"; "beat one's foot rhythmically"
beat
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～ strike (water or bushes) repeatedly to rouse animals for hunting
beat
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～ be superior; "Reading beats watching television"; "This sure beats work!"
beat
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～ sail with much tacking or with difficulty; "The boat beat in the strong wind"