In dictionaries:
to beat
To defeat or surpass someone.
heart beat
Rhythmic contraction of cardiac muscle.
beat up
Damage through excessive physical use.
beat in
Incorporate ingredients smoothly into mixture.
beat it
Leave quickly; stop doing it.
beat down
Intense defeat or harsh criticism.
beat on
Repeatedly strike or hit something.
beat out
Surpass others in a competition.
beat to
(transitive) To arrive (somewhere) more quickly (than someone else); to succeed (at something) more quickly (than someone else).
beat at
beat back
Repel or drive away forcefully.
down beat
beat off
Defeat or repel an attacker.
Beat Generation
Literary movement rejecting conventional society.
beat against
Repeatedly strike or hit something.
beat frequency
Difference between two close frequencies.
pulse beat
Rhythmic throbbing of the heart.
Drum beat
Rhythmic percussion pattern in music.
premature beat
Early contraction in heart rhythm.
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