单词 | to beat to nothing |
释义 | > as lemmasto beat (all) to nothing b. to beat (all) to nothing: to beat or surpass convincingly or by a large margin. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > advancement or progress > outdoing or surpassing > outdo or surpass [verb (transitive)] > surpass or beat whip1571 overmaster1627 to give (one) fifteen and a bisque1664 to beat (all) to nothing1768 beatc1800 bang1808 to beat (also knock) all to sticks1820 floga1841 to beat (a person, a thing) into fits1841 to beat a person at his (also her, etc.) own game1849 to knock (the) spots off1850 lick1890 biff1895 to give a stone and a beating to1906 to knock into a cocked hat1965 1768 H. Brooke Fool of Quality III. xvi. 175 Christians..beat us all to nothing in honour and humanity. 1784 R. Bage Barham Downs II. 263 If the Gods had made you poetical I should have beat Swift's Sacharissa all to nothing. 1819 Metropolis (ed. 2) I. 173 Our Opera..and our balls at Almack's beat them to nothing. 1837 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers xxix. 312 Away went the good-tempered old fellow down the slide, with a rapidity which came very close upon Mr Weller, and beat the fat boy all to nothing. 1923 P. G. Wodehouse Inimitable Jeeves xi. 116 ‘Drink them in!’ he was yelling, his voice rising above the perpetual-motion fellow's and beating the missionary service all to nothing. < as lemmas |
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