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beat somebody hollow (British & Australian)

to defeat someone easily and by a large amount We played my brother's school at football and beat them hollow.

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But Henry Cecil decided to wait until the spring before sending Beat Hollow out again. Proportional stakes her Guineas claims; Plenty in pedigree to suggest ... by The Racing Post (London, England) The Beat Hollow colt cost 190,000 guineas but has managed to pay back only a tiny fraction of that money in an eight-race career that has yielded just one win. Horse Racing: Count on Gosden ace by Daily Post (Liverpool, England) At the moment the Filly & Mare Turf looks the one to go for as the Prince has Beat Hollow in the Mile and we wouldn't want to take him on there - but the Mile has to be an option for her as well. RACING: Banks on course by Coventry Evening Telegraph (England)			bear up bear watching bear with bear witness to beard beard in den beard the lion in his den bearing beast beat beat a dead horse beat a path to door beat a retreat beat about the bush beat against beat around the bush beat at beat back beat brains out beat breast beat down beat down on beat down to size beat gums beat head against the wall beat hollow beat into beat it Beat it! 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 bobby beat brains out beat breast beat breast beat breast beat breast beat breast beat Cepheid Beat Cross Frequency beat down beat down beat down beat down beat down beat down on Beat Down Posse Beat Down Productions beat down to size beat frequencies Beat frequency Beat frequency Beat frequency oscillator beat generation beat generation beat generations beat generations Beat Goes On beat gums Beat Happening beat head against the wall beat hollow beat in beat in beat into beat it beat it beat it beat it beat it Beat It On Down The Line Beat It Up Beat it! Beat Jack out of Doors beat knee Beat Me to It Beat Mike Network Beat Movement beat note Beat of a watch Beat of drum Beat of the Angel Beat of the Drum Beat of the War beat off beat off beat off beat off beat off beat on beat on beat on

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