beats me

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(It) beats me. and (It's) got me beat.; You got me beat.

Inf. I do not know the answer.; I cannot figure it out. The question has me stumped. (The stress is on me.) Bill: When are we supposed to go over to Tom's? Bill: Beats me. Sally: What's the largest river in the world? Bob: You got me beat.

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Every day she comes and beats me with a whip of buffalo hide. The Arabian Nights by Lang, Andrew View in context But what beats me is how he happened ter take ter you so, Miss Pollyanna--meanin' no offence ter you, of course--but he ain't the sort o' man what gen'rally takes ter kids; he ain't, he ain't. Pollyanna by Porter, Eleanor H. View in context "What beats me," said he, "is how you could sit there laughin' with that stack of telegrams under your hand. The Poison Belt by Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan View in context			beat off beat on beat oneself up beat out beat swords into ploughshares beat the bushes beat the clock beat the daylights out of beat the drum beat the drum for beat the gun beat the hell out of beat the pants off beat the rap beat the socks off beat the system beat the tar out of beat to beat to a pulp beat to it beat to the punch beat to within an inch of life beat up beat up on beaten beats me beauty Beauty is in the eye of the beholder Beauty is only skin deep Beauty is only skin-deep beauty sleep beaver because because of beck beckon to become become of becoming becoming on bed bed down bed down some place bed-and-breakfast bedeck with bedfellow bedpost bedroom eyes bee bee in bonnet beef			Beats Above Baseline Index beats against beats against beats against beats against beats at their own game beats at their own game beats at their own game beats at their own game beats back beats back beats back beats back beats breast beats breast beats breast beats breast beats down beats down beats down beats down Beats From The Vault beats hollow beats hollow beats hollow beats hollow beats it beats it beats it beats it beats me Beats of Rage beats off beats off beats off beats off beats on beats on beats on beats on beats out beats out beats out beats out beats per minute beats per minute beats per minute beats per minute Beats Per Note Head beats swords into ploughshares beats swords into ploughshares beats swords into ploughshares beats swords into plowshares beats swords into plowshares beats swords into plowshares Beats the Averages beats the bejeezus out beats the bejesus out beats the bounds beats the bounds beats the bounds

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