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单词 to beat over the old ground
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to beat over the old ground
b. intransitive or absol. Also figurative esp. with about. to beat over the old ground: to discuss topics already treated of.
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the world > food and drink > hunting > hunt [verb (intransitive)] > beat
brevit1600
beat1709
the world > action or operation > endeavour > searching or seeking > make a search [verb (intransitive)]
seekc1000
ofsechec1300
searchc1330
laita1400
ripea1400
to cast about1575
to fall about1632
quest1669
to bush about or out1686
beat1709
to cast about one1823
feather1892
the mind > language > speech > conversation > converse [verb (intransitive)] > discuss things already spoken of
to beat over the old ground1792
to chew the rag or fat1885
1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 73. ⁋8 Some [dogs] beat for the Game, some hunt it.
1711 E. Budgell Spectator No. 116. ⁋5 We came upon a large Heath, and the Sportsmen began to beat.
1829 W. S. Landor Imaginary Conversat. 2nd Ser. II. i. 5 [Barrow] The light dog beats over most ground.
1865 Times 2 Jan. They both saw a man beating towards the place where the net was fixed.
1878 H. Smart Play or Pay vii. 149 What do you expect us to do—beat, or carry cartridges?
figurative.1713 J. Addison in Guardian 2 June 1/1 Beasts of Prey, who walk our Streets, in broad Day-light, beating about from Coffee-house to Coffee-house.1713 J. Addison in Guardian 8 July 1/1 I am always beating about in my Thoughts for something that may turn to the Benefit of my dear Countrymen.1738 A. Pope One Thousand Seven Hundred & Thirty Eight Dialogue II 8 To find an honest man, I beat about.1792 M. Wollstonecraft Vindic. Rights Woman v. 225 I do not mean to allude to all the writers who have written on the subject of female manners—it would, in fact, be only beating over the old ground.
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