10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BEAT SOMEONE TO IT»
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beat someone to it in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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1
Oxford Dictionary of English Idioms
... track (at BEATEN). beat the rap: see RAP. beat the system succeed in finding a
means of getting round rules, regulations, or other means of control. beat
someone to it succeed in doing something or getting somewhere before
someone else, ...
2
Chabers 21st Century Dictionary
beat one's breast to show unrestrained, wild or exaggerated signs of grief. • beat
someone's brains out colloq to kilfor seriously injure them by hitting them about
the head. • beat someone to it to manage to do something before they can a ...
3
Chambers concise dictionary
... beat the retreat to perform the military ceremony (beating the retreat) consisting
of marching and military music, usually performed at dusk, originally marking the
recall (by drum beat) of troops to their quarters, beat someone to it to manage ...
... one's chest beat out beat someone at his own game beat someone to a pulp
beat someone to it beat someone's brain out beat the band beat the bushes beat
the drum(s) beat the pants off someone or something beat the rap beat the
system ...
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The Wordsworth Dictionary of Idioms
... so much that I've lost my bearings completely. [As above.] beat beat a path to (
someone's) door see path. beat a retreat see retreat. beat the band see band.
beat the drum see drum. beat (someone) to it to manage to do something before
18.
Elizabeth McLaren Kirkpatrick, C. M. Schwarz, 1993
... so much that I've lost my bearings completely. [As above.] beat beat a path to (
someone's) door see path. beat a retreat see retreat. beat the band see band.
beat the drum see drum. beat (someone) to it to manage to do something before
18.
... wewqitwekehtse leht VS beat and make (someone) cry, wece-pinmi-kse hinimi
- VS beat off, sever by striking, wesu5pse su'up VS beat someone to it, overtake,
5ano-q VS beat until someone falls down, wecilli-kse cilli- VS beating someone ...
8
Oxford Dictionary of English
... regulations, or other means of control. beat time indicate or follow a musical
tempo with a baton or other means. beat someone to it succeed in doing
something or getting somewhere before someV- one else. if you can't beat them,
join them ...
9
The Oxford Dictionary of Idioms
... beat the system succeed in finding a means of getting round rules, regulations,
or other means of control. beat someone to it succeed in doing something or
getting somewhere before someone else, to their annoyance. if you can't beat
them, ...
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