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单词 to beat pointless
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to beat pointless
to beat pointless: to beat (an opponent) so thoroughly as to concede no points; (more generally) to beat convincingly or by a clear margin.
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1877 Coursing Cal. Autumn 1876 6 King William was..first to a fence,..and beat..Thunderstorm next to pointless.
1880 Times 21 Feb. 9/4 They went into the slips again, but on the second go Honeywood beat Surpriser pointless.
1918 Evening State Jrnl. (Lincoln, Nebraska) 15 Aug. 10/5 Just when it looked as if the Army would be beaten pointless, Tober made a fine two base hit in the ninth inning.
1987 Racing Ahead Mar. 17/1 The race was a procession. Talma II, covered in a lather of sweat, beat his field pointless by many lengths.
2004 Sunday Times (Perth, Austral.) (Nexis) He took on the world's greatest mare, Sunline, and beat her pointless five times in five races.
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