单词 | to beat out |
释义 | > as lemmasto beat out to beat out Thesaurus » 1. To trace out a path by treading it first, to lead the way (cf. 3). 2. To knock or force or shape out by beating (cf. 15). 3. To drive out by force or fighting (cf. 16). 4. To hammer out into a bulge, to extend by hammering (see 21). Thesaurus » 5. To thresh (corn). Thesaurus » 6. To work out or get to the bottom of (a matter, laboriously), to ‘hammer’ out. Thesaurus » Categories » 7. (in U.S.) To overpower completely, to exhaust. 8. To measure out by beats (cf. 33). ΘΚΠ the world > time > instruments for measuring time > clock > [verb (transitive)] > measure out by beats click1826 to beat out1850 1577 H. I. tr. H. Bullinger 50 Godlie Serm. II. iii. iii. sig. Cc.vii/1 To beate out the causes of these calamities. 1606 G. W. tr. Justinus Hist. 14 a Themystocles..began to beat out what they intended. 1611 Bible (King James) Ruth ii. 17 So she gleaned in the field vntill euen, and beat out [1388 Wyclif beet with a ȝerde, and schook out; Coverd. shaked out] that she had gleaned. View more context for this quotation 1612 J. Brinsley Ludus Lit. xxi. 244 The..labours of others which beat out the..sense of euery word & phrase. a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) iv. iii. 52 They shall beat out my braines with billets. View more context for this quotation 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost xi. 446 A stone That beat out life. View more context for this quotation 1667 Sir R. Moray in O. Airy Lauderdale Papers (1885) II. 42 Wee beat out the bottom of the matter. 1672 W. Lloyd Serm. Funeral Bp. of Chester 27 Sometimes beating out new untravell'd ways, sometimes repairing those that had been beaten already. 1733 H. Fielding Miser (London ed.) v. iv. 73 I'll beat out your Brains. 1780 G. Clinton in J. Sparks Corr. Amer. Revol. (1853) III. 132 They were so beat out with fatigue. 1850 Ld. Tennyson In Memoriam ii. 2 The clock Beats out the little lives of men. View more context for this quotation 9. U.S. colloquial. To defraud (a person or institution) of money, etc. by deception, blackmail, or other dishonest means (cf. 10d). ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > defrauding or swindling > perpetrate (a swindle) [verb (transitive)] > defraud or swindle > out of something beguile1394 wrongc1484 delude1493 licka1500 to wipe a person's nose1577 uncle1585 cheat1597 cozen1602 to bob of1605 to bob out of1605 gull1612 foola1616 to set in the nick1616 to worm (a person) out of1617 shuffle1627 to baffle out of1652 chouse1654 trepan1662 bubble1668 trick1698 to bamboozle out of1705 fling1749 jockey1772 swindle1780 twiddle1825 to diddle out of1829 nig1829 to chisel out of1848 to beat out1851 nobble1852 duff1863 flim-flam1890 1851 Oquawka (Illinois) Spectator 5 Feb. 1/7 He then went to Cincinnati where he beat another man out of $12. 1904 Columbus (Ohio) Evening Dispatch 29 June 4 The..people who try to beat the street car conductors out of their fare. 1929 W. Faulkner Sound & Fury 255 I reckon you'll know now that you cant beat me out of a job. 1944 E. M. Kahn Cable Car Days 82 One never attempted to ‘beat’ the conductor out of his fare. 10. North American colloquial. To get ahead of or prevail over (another), esp. in competition; to anticipate, improve upon (cf. 10a). ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the past > antecedence or being earlier > precede or come before [verb (transitive)] > anticipate or forestall before-takea1382 preventc1425 devance1485 prevenea1500 lurch1530 to take before the bounda1556 to be aforehand with1570 to be beforehand with1574 to meet halfwaya1586 preoccupate1588 forestall1589 fore-run1591 surprise1591 antedate1595 foreprise1597 preoccupy1607 preoccupy1638 pre-act1655 anticipatea1682 obviate1712 to head off1841 beat1847 to beat out1893 pre-empt1957 the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > mastery or superiority > have or gain mastery or superiority over [verb (transitive)] > overcome or defeat shendc893 overwinOE overheaveOE mate?c1225 to say checkmatea1346 vanquishc1366 stightlea1375 outrayc1390 to put undera1393 forbeat1393 to shave (a person's) beardc1412 to put to (also at, unto) the (also one's) worsec1425 adawc1440 supprisec1440 to knock downc1450 to put to the worsta1475 waurc1475 convanquish1483 to put out1485 trima1529 convince1548 foil1548 whip1571 evict1596 superate1598 reduce1605 convict1607 defail1608 cast1610 banga1616 evince1620 worst1646 conquer1655 cuffa1657 trounce1657 to ride down1670 outdo1677 routa1704 lurcha1716 fling1790 bowl1793 lick1800 beat1801 mill1810 to row (someone) up Salt River1828 defeat1830 sack1830 skunk1832 whop1836 pip1838 throw1850 to clean out1858 take1864 wallop1865 to sock it to1877 whack1877 to clean up1888 to beat out1893 to see off1919 to lower the boom on1920 tonk1926 clobber1944 ace1950 to run into the ground1955 the world > action or operation > prosperity > advancement or progress > outdoing or surpassing > outdo or surpass [verb (transitive)] > surpass what has been done or exists mendc1330 surpass1593 cap1821 trump1860 to beat out1985 1893 Outing May 155/2 The act of starting consisted in beating out the pistol. 1903 A. D. McFaul Ike Glidden xxii. 190 Since I have driven him I've become satisfied that he can beat out any horse in the State. 1970 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 28 Sept. 22/4 Revson..easily beat out Ferrari's Jim Adams for third place. 1985 Sci. Amer. June 112/3 This arrangement gives an overhang approximately 1.1679 times a domino's long dimension, barely beating out the previous arrangement. < as lemmas |
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