bear hug »
wrestling hold
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beat around the bush »
To delay or avoid talking about something difficult or unpleasant.
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beat Banaghan »
An Irish saying of one who tells wonderful stories, or of something which is amazing and remarkable.
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beat off »
To drive something away with blows.
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beat out »
To extinguish.
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beat somebody to the punch »
To do something before somebody else is able to.
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beat up »
To give a severe beating to.
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beat up »
To sail to windward using a series of alternate tacks across the wind.
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beat up »
To cause by some other means, injuries comparable to the result of being beaten up.
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beat up »
To feel badly guilty and accuse oneself over something. Usually followed by over.
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beat up »
To get something done, derived from the idea of beating for game.
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beauty mark »
Or artificially using cosmetics.
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beauty sleep »
C. 1900, Ralph Connor, The Man From Glengarry, ch. 23.
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beddy-bye »
Bedtime for a toddler, going to sleep, going to bed.
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bee in one's bonnet »
Something of particular interest or concern; an obsession.
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