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beat someone round the ears

beat someone round the ears verb: to beat (a person) with blows about the head.

Verb

beat someone round the ears (third-person singular simple present beats someone round the ears, present participle beating someone round the ears, simple past beat someone round the ears, past participle beaten someone round the ears)

  1. (idiomatic) To beat (a person) with blows about the head.
    • 'I wanted to beat that supervisor round the ears with his clipboard.'2006, Hilary Lloyd, A Necessary Killing, page 39

Forms of beat someone round the ears

third-person singular presentbeats someone round the ears
present participlebeating someone round the ears
pastbeat someone round the ears
past participlebeaten someone round the ears

Questions about beat someone round the ears

What does beat someone round the ears mean?
Beat someone round the ears means to beat (a person) with blows about the head.
What part of speech is beat someone round the ears?
Beat someone round the ears is a verb.
What is the past tense of beat someone round the ears?
The past tense of beat someone round the ears is beat someone round the ears.

Words near beat someone round the ears in the dictionary

  1. beat parries
  2. beat parry
  3. beat retreat
  4. beat sheet
  5. beat someone at their own game
  6. beat someone round the ears
  7. beat someone's arse
  8. beat someone's ass
  9. beat someone's brains out
  10. beat someone's time
  11. beat the air

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