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beat on someone or something

to pound or hammer on someone or something. She beat on him until he let her go. Stop beating on that drum!

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Ah, noble ship, the angel seemed to say, beat on, beat on, thou noble ship, and bear a hardy helm; for lo Moby Dick I-LXVII by Melville, Herman View in context Poor Geppetto ran after him but was unable to catch him, for Pinocchio ran in leaps and bounds, his two wooden feet, as they beat on the stones of the street, making as much noise as twenty peasants in wooden shoes. The Adventures Of Pinocchio by Collodi, Carlo View in context `At last I sat down on the summit of the hillock, and watched this strange incredible company of blind things groping to and fro, and making uncanny noises to each other, as the glare of the fire beat on them. The Time Machine by Wells, H.G. View in context			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 up beat up on beaten beats me beauty			beat hollow beat hollow 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 oneself up Beat Oscillator beat out beat out beat out beat out beat out Beat Per Second beat poetry beat reception beat swords into ploughshares beat swords into ploughshares beat swords into ploughshares beat swords into ploughshares beat swords into plowshares beat swords into plowshares beat swords into plowshares beat the averages beat the averages beat the averages beat the averages beat the averages beat the bejeezus out beat the bushes beat the bushes beat the bushes beat the bushes beat the bushes Beat the Clock beat the daylights out of

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