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"in the old days a policeman walked a beat and knew all his people by name"nouna regular route for a sentry or policeman
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"Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship" "We beat the competition"verbcome out better in a competition, race, or conflicttype of:
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"The drums beat all night"verbmake a rhythmic sound
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"beat the subway fare"verbavoid paying
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"Her heart was beating fast"verbmove rhythmicallytype of:
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"This beats me!"verbbe a mystery or bewildering to
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"I'm beat"verbwear out completely
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"the grandfather clock beat midnight"verbmake a sound like a clock or a timer
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"he could feel the beat of her heart"nounthe rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the hearttype of:
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"so beat I could flop down and go to sleep anywhere"adjectivevery tired
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"Thugs beat him up when he walked down the street late at night" "The teacher used to beat the students"verbgive a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression
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"The eagle beat its wings and soared high into the sky"verbmove with a thrashing motion
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"I beat the traffic"verbbeat through cleverness and wit
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"beat the egg whites" "beat the cream"verbstir vigorously
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"the cox raised the beat"nouna regular rate of repetition
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"the signal was two beats on the steam pipe"nouna stroke or blowtype of:
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"Reading beats watching television" "This sure beats work!"verbbe superiortype of:
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"The sun was beating down on us"verbglare or strike with great intensitytype of:
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"beat on the door" "beat the table with his shoe"verbhit repeatedlytype of:
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verbindicate by beating, as with the fingers or drumsticks
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"beat a path through the forest"verbmake by pounding or trampling
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"beat the drum"verbproduce a rhythm by striking repeatedlytype of:
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"The boat beat in the strong wind"verbsail with much tacking or with difficultytype of:
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"beat swords into ploughshares"verbshape by beating
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"beat one's breast" "beat one's foot rhythmically"verbstrike (a part of one's own body) repeatedly, as in great emotion or in accompaniment to musictype of:
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nounthe act of beating to windward; sailing as close as possible to the direction from which the wind is blowingtype of:
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"he heard the beat of a drum"nounthe sound of stroke or blowtype of:
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