> as lemmas

to beat off

1. To drive away from by blows, attacks, volleys (cf. senses 16, 17).

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > victory > make victorious [verb (transitive)] > put to flight

to bring or do on (usually a, o) flighta1225

fleya1225

forchasea1400

ruse?a1425

skailc1425

dislodgea1450

to put to (the) flight (or upon the flight)1489

to turn to or into flight1526

discamp1566

flightc1571

dissipate1596

to put to (a, the) rout1596

dissipe1597

rout1600

disrout1626

derout1637

to beat off1650

to send to the right about (also rightabouts)1743

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > causing to go away > command to go away [verb (transitive)] > drive away > by blows

to beat away?c1225

to beat off1650

1650 R. Stapleton tr. F. Strada De Bello Belgico vii. 41 When the Enemye..attacques the Towne, it cannot beat them off.

1764 T. Harmer Observ. Passages Script. xiv. i. 37 No rain fell in the day-time, to beat off the workmen.

2. (See sense 19.)

extracted from beatv.¹

to beat off

intransitive. slang (chiefly U.S.). Of a male: to masturbate.

ΚΠ

1962 P. Mandel Mainside vii. xvii. 357 You know what the worst thing you can do at Annapolis is? Not beat off in your sack or cut classes or dick the commandant's daughter. Lie. That's the worst thing.

1978 J. Irving World according to Garp ii. 32 The boys were beating off, in turn, and rushing..to the microscopes in the infirmary lab.

1989 M. Amis London Fields xiv. 269 And meanwhile, masturbate about me, Keith. Beat off about me.

2001 Village Voice (N.Y.) 25 Dec. 124/2 Confronted with a tease, a real man feigns indifference, hands her her clothes, and gets her out of his apartment as quickly as possible. Then he beats off and goes to bed.

extracted from beatv.¹

to beat off

a. Expressing motion or direction from a place: to a distance, away, quite away; as in to go off, run off, drive off. to be off: to get going; to go away. be off with you: get going; go away (cf. off (with you)! at sense A. 8b). Also expressing resistance to motion towards: as in to beat off, hang off, keep off, ward off.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > direction > [adverb] > away from some thing or place

awayeOE

outeOE

frowardOE

offOE

yondwardc1275

yonwarda1387

waywardsc1390

fromwarda1547

offward1582

fromwardsa1661

orf1845

α.

OE Blickling Homilies 5 Man sceolde mid sare on þas world cuman..& mid sare of gewitan.

a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) 3 Esdras iv. 9 If he seie to fallen of [a1425 L.V. throwe doun], þei fallen of.

c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Reeve's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) Prol. l. 58 Leueful is with force, force of showue.

?c1500 Mary Magdalene (Digby) 379 Com of þan, let vs be-gynne.

1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. CC^v Come of..thou that arte disposed to leaue all for the loue of Iesu.

1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. cclxij^v Peces of ordinaunce whiche shot of.

1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 163 King Gald..flies af the feild.

1610 J. Healey tr. J. L. Vives in tr. St. Augustine Citie of God xv. xxvii. 569 The fittest forme for to keepe of the rayne and weather, was to bee ridged downe a proportioned descent from the toppe downeward.

1777 J. Woodforde Diary 22 July (1978) 134 Cousin Lewis and Son went of this morning for Nottingham.

β. 1567 J. Maplet Greene Forest f. 12 Neyther could we keepe off,..our outward enimies.c1575 Fawkner's Glasse in Perfect Bk. Kepinge Sparhawkes (1886) When she knowe her game fly fare ofe.1659 D. Pell Πελαγος 557 To drive off his melancholy thoughts.1726 Four Years Voy. Capt. G. Roberts 28 To send my Mate off with the Boat.1766 O. Goldsmith Vicar of Wakefield I. xvii. 180 She is gone off with two gentlemen in a post chaise.1783 H. Cowley Which is the Man? iii. ii. 29 I'll go and pack up a few things, and call a coach and be off, before Lady Bell comes from Court.1827 B. Disraeli Vivian Grey IV. vi. vi. 220 We had better order our horses, and be off.1841 C. Dickens Old Curiosity Shop i. vi. 115 Mr. Quilp put his hat on and took himself off.1842 R. H. Barham Lay St. Cuthbert in Ingoldsby Legends 2nd Ser. 229 Come, mizzle!—be off with you!—go!1884 W. C. Smith Kildrostan 65 I must be off into the woods.1896 Law Times 100 508/1 [He] succeeded in getting the animal under control, and rode off.1915 D. H. Lawrence Rainbow vi. 172 She beat him off.1934 C. P. Snow Search I. i. 11 He would set off, as though he and the church-bell had nothing in common.a1979 J. Grenfell Turn back Clock (1983) i. 10 Now, are you all ready? Then be off with you.1989 Weekly News (Glasgow) 27 May 28 Many defenders don't realise how strong he is, particularly in his ability to hold people off.2004 J. Colgan Do you remember First Time? xiii. 238 He would be off to Africa again soon with Madeleine and I'd never seen him again.

extracted from offadv.prep.n.adj.

as lemmas

单词	to beat off
释义	> as lemmas to beat off to beat off 1. To drive away from by blows, attacks, volleys (cf. senses 16, 17). ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > victory > make victorious [verb (transitive)] > put to flight to bring or do on (usually a, o) flighta1225 fleya1225 forchasea1400 ruse?a1425 skailc1425 dislodgea1450 to put to (the) flight (or upon the flight)1489 to turn to or into flight1526 discamp1566 flightc1571 dissipate1596 to put to (a, the) rout1596 dissipe1597 rout1600 disrout1626 derout1637 to beat off1650 to send to the right about (also rightabouts)1743 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > causing to go away > command to go away [verb (transitive)] > drive away > by blows to beat away?c1225 to beat off1650 1650 R. Stapleton tr. F. Strada De Bello Belgico vii. 41 When the Enemye..attacques the Towne, it cannot beat them off. 1764 T. Harmer Observ. Passages Script. xiv. i. 37 No rain fell in the day-time, to beat off the workmen. 2. (See sense 19.) extracted from beatv.¹ to beat off to beat off intransitive. slang (chiefly U.S.). Of a male: to masturbate. ΚΠ 1962 P. Mandel Mainside vii. xvii. 357 You know what the worst thing you can do at Annapolis is? Not beat off in your sack or cut classes or dick the commandant's daughter. Lie. That's the worst thing. 1978 J. Irving World according to Garp ii. 32 The boys were beating off, in turn, and rushing..to the microscopes in the infirmary lab. 1989 M. Amis London Fields xiv. 269 And meanwhile, masturbate about me, Keith. Beat off about me. 2001 Village Voice (N.Y.) 25 Dec. 124/2 Confronted with a tease, a real man feigns indifference, hands her her clothes, and gets her out of his apartment as quickly as possible. Then he beats off and goes to bed. extracted from beatv.¹ to beat off a. Expressing motion or direction from a place: to a distance, away, quite away; as in to go off, run off, drive off. to be off: to get going; to go away. be off with you: get going; go away (cf. off (with you)! at sense A. 8b). Also expressing resistance to motion towards: as in to beat off, hang off, keep off, ward off. ΘΚΠ the world > space > direction > [adverb] > away from some thing or place awayeOE outeOE frowardOE offOE yondwardc1275 yonwarda1387 waywardsc1390 fromwarda1547 offward1582 fromwardsa1661 orf1845 α. OE Blickling Homilies 5 Man sceolde mid sare on þas world cuman..& mid sare of gewitan. a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) 3 Esdras iv. 9 If he seie to fallen of [a1425 L.V. throwe doun], þei fallen of. c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Reeve's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) Prol. l. 58 Leueful is with force, force of showue. ?c1500 Mary Magdalene (Digby) 379 Com of þan, let vs be-gynne. 1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. CC^v Come of..thou that arte disposed to leaue all for the loue of Iesu. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. cclxij^v Peces of ordinaunce whiche shot of. 1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 163 King Gald..flies af the feild. 1610 J. Healey tr. J. L. Vives in tr. St. Augustine Citie of God xv. xxvii. 569 The fittest forme for to keepe of the rayne and weather, was to bee ridged downe a proportioned descent from the toppe downeward. 1777 J. Woodforde Diary 22 July (1978) 134 Cousin Lewis and Son went of this morning for Nottingham. β. 1567 J. Maplet Greene Forest f. 12 Neyther could we keepe off,..our outward enimies.c1575 Fawkner's Glasse in Perfect Bk. Kepinge Sparhawkes (1886) When she knowe her game fly fare ofe.1659 D. Pell Πελαγος 557 To drive off his melancholy thoughts.1726 Four Years Voy. Capt. G. Roberts 28 To send my Mate off with the Boat.1766 O. Goldsmith Vicar of Wakefield I. xvii. 180 She is gone off with two gentlemen in a post chaise.1783 H. Cowley Which is the Man? iii. ii. 29 I'll go and pack up a few things, and call a coach and be off, before Lady Bell comes from Court.1827 B. Disraeli Vivian Grey IV. vi. vi. 220 We had better order our horses, and be off.1841 C. Dickens Old Curiosity Shop i. vi. 115 Mr. Quilp put his hat on and took himself off.1842 R. H. Barham Lay St. Cuthbert in Ingoldsby Legends 2nd Ser. 229 Come, mizzle!—be off with you!—go!1884 W. C. Smith Kildrostan 65 I must be off into the woods.1896 Law Times 100 508/1 [He] succeeded in getting the animal under control, and rode off.1915 D. H. Lawrence Rainbow vi. 172 She beat him off.1934 C. P. Snow Search I. i. 11 He would set off, as though he and the church-bell had nothing in common.a1979 J. Grenfell Turn back Clock (1983) i. 10 Now, are you all ready? Then be off with you.1989 Weekly News (Glasgow) 27 May 28 Many defenders don't realise how strong he is, particularly in his ability to hold people off.2004 J. Colgan Do you remember First Time? xiii. 238 He would be off to Africa again soon with Madeleine and I'd never seen him again. extracted from offadv.prep.n.adj. < as lemmas
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