beat
B2Frequent NGSL-2UK /biːt/US /biːt/
Meaning
noun
a single hit to something, such as a drum, or a movement of something, such as your heart; the sound that this makes
“several loud beats on the drum”
verb
to defeat somebody in a game or competition
“beat somebody at something, He beat me at chess.”
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“are you I'm Mario you're Mario I'm a good player everybody get Mario no I have been trying to beat him all week and I've had no success I don't know um”
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“ground rules uh or trying to beat”
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“how much we're beating each other up,”
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