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beat hollow

beat hollow verb: to beat up (a person) severely.

Verb

beat hollow (third-person singular simple present beats hollow, present participle beating hollow, simple past beat hollow, past participle beaten hollow or (colloquial) beat hollow)

  1. (transitive) To beat up (a person) severely.
    Synonyms:
    beat to a pulp
  2. (figuratively, transitive) To defeat severely.
    • "The Raven" has had a great run ... but I wrote it for the express purpose of running — just as I did "The Gold-Bug" ... the bird beat the bug, though, all hollow.1845, Edgar Allan Poe, edited by Thomas Ollive Mabbott, Complete Poems, University of Illinois Press, published 2000, page 351
    • The more civilized so-called Caucasian races have beaten the Turks hollow in the struggle for existence.1881, Charles Darwin, “letter”, in Darwin Correspondence Database, retrieved 07 Jul 2013

Synonyms of beat hollow

Forms of beat hollow

third-person singular presentbeats hollow
present participlebeating hollow
pastbeat hollow
past participlebeaten hollow
alternative formbeat all hollow
past participle (colloquial)beat hollow

Questions about beat hollow

What does beat hollow mean?
Beat hollow means to beat up (a person) severely.
What part of speech is beat hollow?
Beat hollow is a verb.
What is the past tense of beat hollow?
The past tense of beat hollow is beat hollow.

Words near beat hollow in the dictionary

  1. beat downs
  2. beat feet
  3. beat frequency oscillator
  4. beat generation
  5. beat generations
  6. beat hollow
  7. beat into
  8. beat into a cocked hat
  9. beat into fits
  10. beat into shape
  11. beat it

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