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    • beat :a regular route for a sentry or policeman
      • in the old days a policeman walked a beat and knew all his people by name

    • beat :come out better in a competition, race, or conflict
      • Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship|We beat the competition|Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game

    • beat :very tired
      • was all in at the end of the day|so beat I could flop down and go to sleep anywhere|bushed after all that exercise|I'm dead after that long trip

    • beat :the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart
      • he could feel the beat of her heart

    • beat :give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression
      • Thugs beat him up when he walked down the street late at night|The teacher used to beat the students

    • beat :the basic rhythmic unit in a piece of music
      • the piece has a fast rhythm|the conductor set the beat

    • beat :hit repeatedly
      • beat on the door|beat the table with his shoe

    • beat :move rhythmically
      • Her heart was beating fast

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