verb
At first he refused to tell them, but then they beat it out of him
Can they beat Manchester United for the cup? He first beat the Danes, then the Russians
I could feel my heart beating against my ribs
Close-hauled, the sloop was beating to windward against the howling gale
They shall beat their swords into ploughshares
Beat two eggs, then add the flour and sugar
The hunters beat a path through the forest
You'd better beat it before the cops come
We beat off our attackers, who fled into the forest
noun
The signal was to be three beats of a tin cup on the pipes
In boogie-woogie the beat is eight to the bar
In the old days, it was the bobby on the beat who prevented a lot of crime. As a reporter, my beat is the financial news
adjective
I was really beat after completing the marathon
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