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beat all

beat all verb: to outdo everything or everyone; to surpass in every way.

Verb

beat all (third-person singular simple present beats all, present participle beating all, simple past beat all, past participle beaten all)

  1. (colloquial) To outdo everything or everyone; to surpass in every way.
    • [advertisement] A lightning-rod man in St. Paul, / From a house had a serious fall, / Though battered and bruised, / He said, when he used / St. Jacobs Oil — it simply beats all.1883 February 21, Puck, New York, page 397, column 3
    • Don't that beat all? You'd think money grew on trees.1963, Edward Streeter, Mr. Hobbs' Vacation, New York: Dramatists Play Service, page 6

Forms of beat all

third-person singular presentbeats all
present participlebeating all
pastbeat all
past participlebeaten all

Questions about beat all

What does beat all mean?
Beat all means to outdo everything or everyone; to surpass in every way.
What part of speech is beat all?
Beat all is a verb.
What is the past tense of beat all?
The past tense of beat all is beat all.

Words near beat all in the dictionary

  1. beat a dead horse
  2. beat a hasty retreat
  3. beat a retreat
  4. beat about
  5. beat about the bush
  6. beat all
  7. beat around the bush
  8. beat as one
  9. beat back
  10. beat Banaghan
  11. beat boxing

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