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UK:^*^*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈbiːt/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/bit/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(bēt)

Inflections of 'beat' (v): (⇒ conjugate)

beats: v 3rd person singular

beating: v pres p

beat: v past

beaten: v past p

Collocations for "beat"

Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "beat" in context.

beat

ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.

beat [an egg, the egg whites, a yolk]
beating a drum
beating the drum for [justice, the cause]
beat [his wife, their victims]
beat him [bloody, unconscious, to death, black and blue]
beat up [a boy, another student]
beaten up [at school, coming home, in class]
beaten up by [a bully, another child]
beat the [odds, probability]
[don't, you shouldn't, there's no need to] beat yourself up
beat the (world) record (for)
beat the [game, level, boss, clock]
[can't, will] beat the price
beat [his opponent, the other team]
beat her at [chess, tennis]
was beaten at [chess] (by)
[hard, impossible] to beat
beat back [their advances, the resistance, opposition]
beat the pants off [her opponent, the competition]
beat down the [enemy, opponent]
beat down the [door, car, runner]
beating off [suitors, rivals, the competition]
the [bird, eagle, hummingbird] was beating its wings
his heart was beating [rapidly, fast, irregularly]
could hear her heart beating [loudly, in her chest]
his heart stopped beating
beat a (hasty) retreat
beat on the [drum, door, table]
beat a path [to, through, across]
(don't) beat around the bush
slang: beat it!
sexually explicit: was beating off
sexually explicit: she beat me off

has a [strong, fast, weak] beat
the music has [an uptempo, a slow] beat
a [6/8, 3/4, standard reggae] beat
[Latin, jazz, dance] beat
on the [down, back, third] beat
[listen, dance, play, nod] to the beat
have lost the beat
stay on the beat
[rest, hold] for [two beats]
wait four beats before [playing, singing, coming in]
made [several] loud beats on the drum
my heart skipped a beat
can [hear, listen to] your heartbeat
[60] beats per [minute]
she never misses a beat
the [night, local, policeman's, officer's] beat

n as adj

beat [poet, poetry]
the Beat [Generation, Poets]

adj

US: am [well, totally, completely] beat
US: [well] beat after the long [flight, day, match]
US: [totally] beat after [partying, staying up, babysitting] last night

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'beat' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

dance - knife - lay - meet - miss - sample - skip - swing - battle - bid - convenience - egg - England - fake - frog - white - spread - queen - pool - point - monkey - minute - black - blue - however - sick - snare - cane - champion - culprit - deadline - dent - drug - drum - enemy - fiend - fist - beggar - marker - rap - rhythm - sampling - whisk - wrist - addiction - bat - nemesis - nip - nutmeg - pipe

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