| 单词 | to beat the rap |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto beat the rap c. Of a difficulty: To master (a person), to defy all his efforts to conquer it. Also, to baffle, perplex. Phrases to beat the band, to beat the rap: see the nouns. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > of difficulty: beset (a person) [verb (transitive)] > present a challenge to > of a difficulty: defeat (a person) beatc1810 c1810 in Smiles Engineers (1862) III. 51 The engineers hereabouts are all bet; and if you really succeed in accomplishing what they cannot do, etc. 1882 J. Payn For Cash Only II. 316 ‘This beats me altogether,’ mused the lawyer. 1930 W. de la Mare On the Edge 135 Why you should have taken so much trouble about it simply beats me. to beat the rap b. to beat the rap: to be acquitted of a charge; to escape punishment. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > escape > [verb (intransitive)] > escape unscathed > escape punishment to beat the rap1911 1911 Washington Post 17 Sept. (Miscellany section) 2/6 He has always sent for a lawyer to look after the defense, and has supplied his unfortunate associates with every possible help in an endeavor to beat the ‘rap’. 1927 C. Clark & E. E. Eubank Lockstep & Corridor vii. 42 I told him that the only way for his brother to beat the ‘rap’ was to..furnish bond and beat it. 1953 W. S. Burroughs Junkie viii. 78 At the time, he was out on bail, but expected to beat the rap on the grounds of illegal seizure. 1994 Virginia Gaz. 1 Oct. a11/2 On appeal, he beat this rap by the trickiest legal technicality..with the help of a high-priced Washington lawyer. 2004 Nation 8 Nov. 6/2 Even before the crimes were committed, the White House was planning how to beat the rap. < as lemmas |
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