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beat the livin' daylights outta yaTo beat someone severely.Rate it:

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beat the meatAlternative form of beat one's meat.Rate it:

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beat the pants offTo thoroughly and decisively defeat someone, either in a physical fight or, figuratively, in a competition.Rate it:

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beat the rapAvoid fines or punishment, receive forgiveness from family, friends, the law and the Boss for misdemeanors, infractions and Stupid Stunts.Rate it:

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beat the rushto get somewhere first, or before a lot of other people -- such as going somewhere early in the morning.Rate it:

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beat the shit out ofTo beat really badly.Rate it:

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beat the stuffing out ofTo trounce, outdo, or triumph over.Rate it:

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beat the stuffing out ofTo beat really badly.Rate it:

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beat toTo arrive more quickly; to succeed more quickly.Rate it:

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beat upTo sail to windward using a series of alternate tacks across the wind.Rate it:

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beat upTo give a severe beating to.Rate it:

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beat upTo alarm by a sudden attack.Rate it:

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beat upRepeatedly bomb a military target or targets.Rate it:

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beat upTo cause by some other means, injuries comparable to the result of being beaten up.Rate it:

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beat upTo feel badly guilty and accuse oneself over something. Usually followed by over.Rate it:

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beat upTo get something done, derived from the idea of beating for game.Rate it:

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beat upTo verbally assault repeatedly.Rate it:

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beat your arseDepression Expression of threatened punishment if the child or youth ever repeated the act or expression.Rate it:

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Beat Your Swords into PlowsharesTo abandon any sort of fights and divert attention and efforts towards some peaceful activitiesRate it:

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beat yourself upTo overly judge and berate yourself for a mistake, bad judgement or act.Rate it:

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beats one's swords into ploughsharesThird-person singular simple present indicative form of beat one's swords into ploughsharesRate it:

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claw offto beat to windward to avoid being driven on to a lee shoreRate it:

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clean someone's clockTo defeat decisively, in a physical fight or other competition or negotiation.Rate it:

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clock inTo be measured at.Rate it:

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clock inTo begin work.Rate it:

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clock is runningAlternative form of clock is tickingRate it:

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clock is tickingTime is running out; a deadline is approaching.Rate it:

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clock offto end workRate it:

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clock outTo transmit individual bits of data under the control of a clock.Rate it:

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clock outTo end work; to officially record a time when one terminates a period of work.Rate it:

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clock outTo officially record a work-termination time for.Rate it:

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clock upTo accumulate a large amount of time.Rate it:

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clock upTo accumulate a large distance.Rate it:

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clue stickA metaphorical stick used to beat information or understanding into a slow learner.Rate it:

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cuckoo clockornate timepieceRate it:

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day and nightAll the time; round the clock; unceasingly.Rate it:

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de tous les instantsperpetual, constant, round-the-clockRate it:

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dead beatexhaustedRate it:

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déloger sans tambour ni trompetteTo leave without beat of drum.Rate it:

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do overTo beat up.Rate it:

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drum beatOn a particular patternRate it:

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duff upto beat up, to give a beating toRate it:

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Dutch reckoningUsed other than as an idiom. as reckoned by the Dutch: five o'clock by the Dutch reckoning would be five o'clock in the Dutch rather than, e.g., a Canadian time zone; for example, 1 March 1625 in the Dutch reckoning was, in the English reckoning of the time, 19 February 1624(?).Rate it:

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face that would stop a clockA shockingly unattractive face.Rate it:

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face that would stop a clockA shockingly attractive face.Rate it:

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four-on-the-floorCharacterised by a steady, uniformly accented beat with a 4/4 time signature.Rate it:

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four-on-the-floorA steady, uniformly accented beat with a 4/4 time signature.Rate it:

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frapper comme un sourdTo beat unmercifully.Rate it:

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frontem ferire, percutereto beat one's brow.Rate it:

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go to workBeat up, batter.Rate it:

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