10 examples of beat
1
to beat one's breast; to beat iron so as to shape it; to beat grain, in order to force out the seeds; to beat eggs and sugar; to beat a drum
2
to beat an alarm, a charge, a parley, a retreat; to beat the general, the reveille, the tattoo.
3
it beats me why he would do that
4
to beat the rap (be acquitted); to beat the sales tax by buying out of state
5
the drums beat
6
the drummers beat to call soldiers to their quarters
7
beat the cream
8
We beat the competition
9
Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game
10
The teacher used to beat the students