to beat the band

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to beat the band

very briskly; very fast. He's selling computers to beat the band since he started advertising. She worked to beat the band to get ready for this.

See also: band, beat

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Old Mother Hubbard was boosting me to beat the band as a genuine Pomeranian-Hambletonian-Red-Irish-Cochin-China-Stoke-Pogis fox terrier. The Four Million by Henry, O. View in context Any jackass gets aboard one and runs it from hell to breakfast, blowin' his whistle to beat the band and tellin' the rest of the world to look out for him, because he's comin' and can't look out for himself The Sea Wolf by London, Jack View in context Why, Saxon, I've fought battles, good ones, frazzlin' my silk away to beat the band before whisky-soaked, smokin' audiences of rotten fight-fans, that just made me sick clean through. The Valley of the Moon by London, Jack View in context			tip the scales at tip the wink tip up tip with tire tire of tire out tired tit tit-for-tat tits and ass tittle-tattle tizzy to a fault to a fine art to a great extent to a man to a tee to advantage to all intents and purposes to and fro to be on the safe side to be safe to be said for to be sneezed at to beat the band to begin with to boot to call own to cap it all to coin a phrase to credit to cut a long story short to date to death to die for To each his own to each own To err is human to face to go to have a hollow leg to have the hots for to heart's content to hell and gone to hell with to liking to make a long story short to my mind to no avail to put it another way			To bear back To bear date To bear down To bear down upon To bear in hand To bear in mind To bear in with To bear off To bear one hard To bear out To bear the bell To bear up To bear up to To bear upon To bear with To beat a parley To beat about To beat about the bush to beat all to beat all to beat all to beat all To beat down To beat into To beat off To beat out To beat out of to beat the band To beat the dust To beat the hoof To beat the rap To beat the record To beat the wing To beat time To beat to a mummy To beat up To beat up and down To beat up for recruits To become of To beg (one) for a fool To beg the question to begin with to begin with to begin with To believe in To believe on To bell the cat To bend the brow To bid beads To bid defiance To bid defiance to To bid fair To bid welcome To bide tryst

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