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beats me |
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(it) beats me (informal) something that you say when you cannot understand something. It beats me how he managed to survive for three weeks alone in the mountains. (often + question word) See also: beat (it) beats me I do not know or understand. It beats me how he managed to survive for three weeks alone in the mountains. Usage notes: often said in answer to a question: “How should we explain this?” “Beats me.” sometimes used in the form beats the hell out of me: So why am I waiting in line to get into this movie? Beats the hell out of me. See also: beat How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Every day she comes and beats me with a whip of buffalo hide. 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. "What beats me," said he, "is how you could sit there laughin' with that stack of telegrams under your hand. |
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