‘before running off, the men beat me with pickaxe handles’, strike, batter, thump, hammer, punch, knock, thrash, pound, pummel, slap, smack, crack, thwack, cuff, buffet, maul, pelt, drub, rain blows on, belt, bash, whack, clout, clobber, slug, tan, biff, bop, sock, deck, plug, lay into, do over, knock about, knock around, rough up, fill in, knock into the middle of next week, beat the living daylights out of, give someone a good hiding, lap, wash, splash, ripple, roll, splosh, move against, forge, form, shape, mould, work, stamp, fashion, model, fabricate, make, cast, frame, sculpt, sculpture‘doves wheel around the rooftops, beating their wings’, flutter, move up and down, thresh, thrash, wave, shake, swing, agitate, quiver, tremble, vibrate, oscillate‘he played in a team that beat England 2–1 at home’, conquer, win against, get the better of, vanquish, trounce, rout, overpower, overcome, overwhelm, overthrow, subdue, quash, crush‘he cleared 2.68m to beat the previous record of 2.67m’, outdo, exceed, eclipse, transcend, top, trump, cap, better, outperform, outstrip, outshine, outclass, overshadow, put in the shade, be better than, improve on, go one better than, pulse, stress, metre, time, measure, cadence, accent, rhythmical flow, rhythmical pattern, banging, thumping, thudding, booming, hammering, battering, crashing, pulsing, pulsating, vibration, vibrating, throb, throbbing, palpitation, palpitating, reverberation, reverberating, pumping, pounding, thumping, thudding, hammering, drumming, round, course, route, way, path, orbit, tour, turn, tired out, worn out, weary, dog-tired, bone-tired, bone-weary, ready to drop, on one's last legs, asleep on one's feet, drained, fatigued, enervated, debilitated, spent, breathless, panting, puffing, puffed, puffed out, puffing and blowing, gasping, gasping for breath, all in, dead on one's feet, dead beat, shattered, bushed, fagged out, knocked out, wiped out, running on empty, zonked out, worn to a frazzle, frazzled, bushwhacked, withdraw, retire, draw back, pull back, pull out, fall back, give way, give ground, recoil, flee, take flight, run away, run off, make a run for it, run for it, make off, take off, take to one's heels, make a break for it, bolt, make a quick exit, beat a hasty retreat, clear out, make one's getaway, escape, head for the hills, vamoose, skedaddle, split, cut and run, leg it, show a clean pair of heels, turn tail, scram, hook it, fly the coop, skip off, do a fade, bug out, cut out, peel out, take a powder, skidoo, go, go away, depart, get going, get out, be off with you, shoo, be on your way, run along, skedaddle, split, vamoose, scat, get lost, push off, buzz off, shove off, clear off, go jump in the lake, go and jump in the lake, bog off, naff off, on your bike, get along, sling your hook, light out, haul off, haul ass, take a powder, hit the trail, take a hike‘he never beat about the bush when something was annoying him’, vacillate, dodge the issue, evade the issue, be non-committal, hedge, hedge one's bets, quibble, parry questions, fudge the issue, mince one's words, stall, shilly-shally, hesitate, waffle, flannel, sit on the fence, duck the question, fight off, repulse, drive away, drive back, force back, beat back, push back, thrust back, put to flight, ward off, fend off, stand off, stave off, keep at bay, keep at arm's length, put out, quench, smother, douse, snuff out, stifle, choke, knock around, do over, work over, clobber, rough up, fill in, kick in, jump, paste, lay into, lace into, sail into, pitch into, get stuck into, beat the living daylights out of, let someone have itThese Foreign Words And Phrases Are Now Used In EnglishDoes English Have More Words Than Any Other Language?Are You Learning English?
To avoid or circumvent (a rule, obstacle or problem)To frustrate or prevent (someone) from achieving an aimTo crush into a soft, wet, shapeless, and pulpy massTo frustrate or prevent (someone) from achieving an aimTo make a series of changes of course while sailingGive or cause to give a short, sudden jerking or convulsive movementBreak or fall apart into small fragments, especially as part of a process of deteriorationTo disconcert someone with an unblinking face-to-face confrontationThe sound made when something, especially a musical instrument, is struckAn area allocated to a police officer and patrolled on footAn expedition to keep watch over an area, especially by guards or police walking or driving around at regular intervalsA regular short, sharp sound, especially that made by a clock or watchAn area or region that one inhabits or operates fromA physical position or location assigned according to one's dutyA factual story, especially of a confidential natureThe fact or state of being frequent or happening oftenSomething that arouses activity or energy in someone or somethingAn act of flapping something, typically a wing or arm, up and down or from side to sideAn item or story published or broadcast by only one sourceA person who dresses in a manner that is not socially acceptable and therewith is supposed to reject of conventional norms of thought and behaviorAn account of imaginary or real people and events told for entertainmentA task or piece of work allocated to someone as part of a job or course of studyA division of a large organization such as a government, university, or business, dealing with a specific area of activityA person's concern or sphere of operations as determined by their skill or authorityThe character or quality of a musical sound or voice as distinct from its pitch and intensityHaving fallen into a state of disrepair or deterioration, especially through neglectNot based on or conforming to what is generally done or believed 2 synonyms for music: euphony, medicine. Facebook Synonyms for beat at Thesaurus.com with free online thesaurus, antonyms, and definitions.