beat into
beat into · beats into · beat into · beaten into · beating into
To teach or instil by harsh repetitionTo teach or instil by harsh repetition.
» Beat the whites into stiff peaks.
Meaning
1 sensesTo teach or instil by harsh repetition.
Examples
5 sentencesBeat the whites into stiff peaks.
The gold was beaten into thin plates.
They shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks.
He was beaten into submission.
deEr wurde geschlagen, bis er sich unterwarf. — Zaghawa
Even though Baikinman always gets beaten into the ground, he never learns his lesson and keeps doing bad things.
Forms
beats into, beating into, beat into, beaten into| Base form | beat into · to beat into |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | beats into |
| Present participle | beating into |
| Past simple | beat into |
| Past participle | beaten into |
irregular · Lesson
Phrasal verbs
9 phrasal verbs- beat upобробляти, обробитиTo give a severe beating to; to assault violently with repeated blows.
- beat offзловживати, ображатиTo drive something away with blows or military force.
- beat outбити, вдаритиTo sound a rhythm on a percussion instrument such as a drum.
- beat backвести, їхатиTo fight against and cause to recede.
- beat onTo talk at length; to go on and on; to rant or expound.
- beat downUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see beat, down.
- beat intoTo teach or instil by harsh repetition.
- beat aboutTo search for something; to look around for something; to hunt for something.
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Phrasal verbs: introduction — Because it is a phrasal verb