to beat as one
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6.1
- idiom
:
latir como uno
- When we dance, we beat as one, moving in perfect synchrony.
- hearts beat as one
Examples
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Two hearts may beat as one; indeed, a whole community may act with one heart.
Academic text (1995) -
Hers and Emma's hearts beat as one.
Fiction book (1990) -
As the band said, 'Two hearts beat as one.'
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And now it's beating as one.
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When two hearts beat as one
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Our hearts beat as one.
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2 hearts beating as one.
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Our work on Earth will not be done until human hearts all beat as one in global unity.
Academic text (2014) -
More importantly, any criticism would have created needless division among those whose hearts, ideologically speaking, beat as one.
Academic text (1995) -
The team will beat as one during the final match to ensure victory.
Antonyms
How Synchronized
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'to act or function in perfect harmony or unison' is directly derivable from combining 'beat' (a rhythm or pulsing action) with 'as one' (like a single unit). This is a compositional, imageable meaning (to share the same beat) that follows common cross‑linguistic patterns, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents would likely understand it.
Etymology
Beat as one may come from music or the image of many hearts or drums keeping the same rhythm. When every beat matches the one rhythm, the group moves 'in unison', so the phrase means 'to act in perfect harmony'.