to beat
- verb
- /biːt/
- Informal
- I came from a place that beat me down to nothing.
Examples
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I'm not making money; I'm getting all beat up for nothing.
Academic text (2000) -
She was so beat from studying all night that she fell asleep in class.
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Clear, I am not gonna let it beat us both.
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I played for about twenty minutes and left the game so beat I could hardly walk.
Fiction book (1991) -
You two go for it, I'm beat.
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Don't worry, I know when I am beat.
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I was beat from the heat and sapped from a major wee-hours bicker with Stuart.
Fiction book (1999) -
After a long day at work, I was completely beat and needed to rest.
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The marathon left him feeling beat by the time he crossed the finish line.
Synonyms
To make someone very tired
To make someone very tired
To make someone very tired
Antonyms
Idioms
- Offensive
Hit someone many times until they are badly hurt or win against them very clearly
- Informal
To feel your heart stop for a moment because you are suddenly excited or scared
- Informal
Push away a lot of people or fans as a joke about being too popular
- Literature
To change weapons into tools for peaceful work like farming
Phrasal Verbs
- Offensive
To hurt or defeat someone very badly, often by hitting them
- Informal
To keep going despite difficulty or to make a steady sound like rain on a roof
- Offensive
To defeat someone completely, often physically or in a game, used in rude speech
Compounds
- NSFW
A group of American writers and artists from the 1950s who reject social rules and choose free creative lives
- Archaic
A style of pop rock from 1960s Britain with strong rhythms and simple melodies
How Tiring
Surface Forms
Etymology
To beat someone (informal) meaning 'to make very tired' comes from being 'beaten down' by hard work or effort. So when a job 'beats' you, it leaves you exhausted.