Meaning

2 senses

  1. (idiomatic, transitive)To beat (someone) severely.

  2. (idiomatic, transitive)To defeat (someone) thoroughly and decisively, especially in a physical fight.

Examples

65 sentences

  1. Tom can't beat both of us.

    deTom kann uns nicht beide schlagen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  2. Tom beat Mary to within an inch of her life.

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  3. Tom got beat up by a group of older boys.

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  4. Tom got beaten within an inch of his life.

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  5. Nothing beats a big glass of beer in summer.

    Влітку нема нічого кращого за великий бокал пива. — marko

    deNichts geht im Sommer über ein großes Glas Bier. — samueldora

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Forms

beats the daylights out of, beating the daylights out of, beat the daylights out of, beaten the daylights out of
Base formbeat the daylights out of · to beat the daylights out of
3rd person singularbeats the daylights out of
Present participlebeating the daylights out of
Past simplebeat the daylights out of
Past participlebeaten the daylights out of / beat the daylights out of

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theybeat the daylights out of
he, she, itbeats the daylights out of

Past simpleLesson

all personsbeat the daylights out of

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave beaten the daylights out of
he, she, ithas beaten the daylights out of

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill beat the daylights out of

Synonyms

1 synonyms
clobber

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
beastiebeatB1beaterbeatingbeatitudebeatnik

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