Beat the socks off someone
beat the socks off someone
verb phrase
to defeat decisively; trounce; clobber: in a surprising upset, hart beat the socks off mondale (1970s+)
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to strike violently or forcefully and repeatedly. to dash against: rain beating the trees. to flutter, flap, or rotate in or against: beating the air with its wings. to sound, as on a drum: beating a steady rhythm; to beat a tattoo. to stir vigorously: beat the egg whites well. to break, forge, or make […]
- Beat the tar out of
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood. coal-tar pitch. smoke solids or components: cigarette tar. to smear or cover with or as if with tar. of or characteristic of tar. covered or smeared with tar; tarred. beat / knock / whale the tar […]
- Beat to it
get ahead of someone to obtain something, as in there was only enough for one, so jane ran as fast as she could in order to beat jerry to it. [ ; c. 1900 ] also, beat to the draw or punch. react more quickly than someone else. for example, the new salesman tried to […]
- Beat to the ground
beat to the ground adjective phrase (variations: a frazzle or the socks may replace the ground) totally exhausted; p–ped: frankie machine, looking beat to the ground, brushed past (entry form 1940s+; second form 1900s+)
- Beaten biscuit
a hard, unleavened biscuit, made to rise by pounding and folding the dough. historical examples it is well not to have beaten biscuit and light bread baked at the same time, as they require different degrees of heat. housekeeping in old virginia marion cabell tyree pie crust, hard cookies, and beaten biscuit are made of […]