词组 | beat out |
释义 | beat out 1. beat out a rhythm if you beat out a rhythm on a drum, you make the drum produce a regular pattern of sounds: ▪ When the ceremony was about to begin, someone began to beat out a rhythm on the drums. 2. beat out sth • beat sth out to make a fire stop burning by hitting it with something beat out a fire/the flames ▪ Heather seized a branch of a tree and began to beat out the flames. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑put out 3. beat sb out • beat out sb AmE informal to defeat someone or do better than them in a competition: ▪ The Raiders beat out their rivals, the Kansas City Chiefs. |
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