beat
be beat
1. To fail or be defeated. Down by 10 points with only two minutes left, we knew we were beat.
2. To be thoroughly fatigued or physically exhausted. After two hours in the gym and another hour swimming, I was beat by the time I got home.
See also: beat
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
beat
1. mod. exhausted; worn-out. The whole family was beat after the game.
2. mod. down and out; ruined. This thing is beat. I don’t want it.
3. n. the area that a worker, a police officer, reporter, etc., is assigned to cover. That’s not on my beat. You’ll have to talk to someone else.
4. n. [in music] the rhythm, especially the bass. Man, that is just the kind of beat I like.
5. mod. having to do with the Bohemian youths of the 1950s. My brother looked sort of beat, but I was neat as a pin.
6. mod. broke. Man, I’m beat. I got no copper, no bread.
7. tv. to get free from a specific criminal charge or rap. I beat it twice, but there is no third time.
8. mod. having to do with counterfeit or bogus drugs. (Drugs.) This stuff is beat. Ditch it!
9. mod. having to do with marijuana after the smokable substance is exhausted; cashed. Who sold you this beat dope?
10. mod. lousy; unfortunate. (Collegiate.) What a beat deal you got!
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
beat
/flog a dead horse1. To continue to pursue a cause that has no hope of success.
2. To dwell tiresomely on a matter that has already been decided.
beat
around/about the bush To fail to confront a subject directly.
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
- (it) beats me
- (one) can't beat (something)
- (one) can't beat that
- (one's) heart misses a beat
- (one's) heart skips a beat
- (you/it's) got me beat
- a rod/stick to beat somebody with
- a stick to beat someone or something with
- a stick to beat someone with
- bang the drum
- bang/beat the drum
- be beat
- beat
- beat (one) at (one's) own game
- beat (one) down to size
- beat (one) hands down
- beat (one) hollow
- beat (one) to (something)
- beat (one) to a pulp
- beat (one) to it
- beat (one) to the draw
- beat (one) to the punch
- beat (one) to within an inch of (one's) life
- beat (one's) brains out
- beat (one's) breast
- beat (one's) gums
- beat (one's) head against a stone wall
- beat (one's) head against a/the wall
- beat (one's) meat
- beat (one's) pants off
- beat (oneself) up
- beat (someone or something) all hollow
- beat (someone or something) into (something)
- beat (someone's) brains in
- beat (something) all to pieces
- beat (something) in
- beat (something) into (someone's) head
- beat (something) out of (someone or something)
- beat (something) to death
- beat a (hasty) retreat
- beat a (hasty/quick) retreat, to
- beat a dead horse
- beat a hasty retreat
- beat a path to (one's) door
- beat a path to door
- beat a path to somebody's door
- beat a path to someone's door
- beat a retreat
- beat about the bush
- beat against
- beat against (someone or something)
- beat all
- beat around the bush
- beat around/about the bush, to
- beat at
- beat back
- beat Banaghan
- beat Banagher
- beat box
- beat brains
- beat brains out
- beat cop
- beat down
- beat down on (someone or something)
- beat down to size
- beat feet
- beat gums
- beat head against the wall
- beat hollow
- beat into
- beat into one's head
- beat it
- Beat it!
- beat off
- beat on
- beat on (something)
- beat one’s brains out
- beat one’s brains out to do something
- beat one’s gums
- beat one’s meat
- beat one's brains (out), to
- beat one's brains out
- beat one's head against the wall
- beat one's head against the wall, to
- beat oneself up
- beat out
- beat somebody at their own game
- beat somebody/something hollow
- beat someone at his or her own game
- beat someone at their own game
- beat someone hollow
- beat someone to a pulp
- beat someone to it
- beat someone to the punch
- beat someone/something out
- beat someone’s brains out
- beat something out
- beat swords into ploughshares
- beat swords into plowshares
- beat the
- beat the (living) daylights out of (one)
- beat the air
- beat the bejesus out of (one)
- beat the bejesus out of someone
- beat the bishop
- beat the bushes
- beat the bushes (for someone or something)
- beat the bushes for
- beat the bushes for, to
- beat the clock
- beat the crap out of (someone)
- beat the daylights out of
- beat the drum (for someone or something)
- beat the drum for
- beat the drum for someone/something
- beat the dummy
- beat the Dutch
- beat the gun
- beat the heat
- beat the hell out of
- beat the hell out of (one)
- beat the living daylights out of
- beat the living daylights out of someone
- beat the living daylights out of, to
- beat the meat
- beat the pants off
- beat the pants off (of) (someone)
- beat the pants off someone
- beat the pup
- beat the rap
- beat the shit out of (one)
- beat the socks off (of) (someone)
- beat the stuffing out of (someone)
- beat the system
- beat the tar out of
- beat the tar out of (one)
- beat the wind
- beat time
- beat tired
- beat to
- beat to it
- beat to the punch
- beat to the punch/draw
- beat up
- beat up on
- beat your brains out
- beat your breast
- beat your meat
- beat/knock/kick the hell out of somebody/something
- beat/scare the daylights out of somebody
- beat/turn swords into ploughshares
- beats me
- can you beat it/that?
- can't beat that
- dead beat
- dead horse, to beat/flog a
- deadbeat dad
- don't beat a dead horse
- don't that (just) beat all
- don't that beat the Dutch!
- downbeat
- flog a dead horse
- heart misses a beat
- heart misses a beat, one's
- heart skips a beat
- If don't that beat all!
- If that don't beat a pig a-pecking!
- if that don't beat all
- If that don't beat all!
- if you can't beat 'em
- If you can't beat 'em, join 'em
- If you can't beat them, join them
- it beats me
- it is easy to find a stick to beat a dog
- jump the gun
- kick the hell out of (one)
- kick the stuffing out of
- knock the hell out of (one)
- march to (one's) own beat
- march to (the beat of) (one's) own drum
- march to (the beat of) a different drum
- march to (the beat of) a different drummer
- march to (the beat of) a different drummer, to
- march to (the beat of) a different tune
- march to a different beat
- miss a beat
- not beat about the bush
- not beat around the bush
- not miss a beat
- not skip a beat
- nothing beats (something)
- on the beat
- one's heart misses a beat
- pound a beat
- pound the pavement
- scare the (living) daylights out of (one)
- skip a beat
- stick to beat (someone or something) with
- that beats all
- that beats all to pieces
- that beats everything
- that beats the Dutch
- the cards beat all the players
- to beat all
- to beat the band
- walk the beat
- win (something) hands down
- win /beat somebody hands down
- without missing a beat
- without skipping a beat
- you can't beat (something)
- you got me beat
- your heart misses a beat