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beat the rap

beat the rap verb: to escape legal conviction and punishment for a crime which one has been charged with committing; to be acquitted.

Verb

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

  1. (slang) To escape legal conviction and punishment for a crime which one has been charged with committing; to be acquitted.

beat the rap meaning in Kannada

beat the rap in Kannada

ಶಿಕ್ಷೆ ತಪ್ಪಿಸಿಕೊಳ್ಳು

Forms of beat the rap

third-person singular presentbeats the rap
present participlebeating the rap
pastbeat the rap
past participlebeaten the rap
past participle (colloquial)beat the rap

Questions about beat the rap

What does beat the rap mean?
Beat the rap means to escape legal conviction and punishment for a crime which one has been charged with committing; to be acquitted.
What is beat the rap in Kannada?
Beat the rap in Kannada is ಶಿಕ್ಷೆ ತಪ್ಪಿಸಿಕೊಳ್ಳು. See Beat the rap meaning in Kannada.
What part of speech is beat the rap?
Beat the rap is a verb.
What is the past tense of beat the rap?
The past tense of beat the rap is beat the rap.

Words near beat the rap in the dictionary

  1. beat the hoof
  2. beat the meat
  3. beat the odds
  4. beat the pants off
  5. beat the poop out of
  6. beat the rap
  7. beat the shit out of
  8. beat the stuffing out of
  9. beat the system
  10. beat the tar out of
  11. beat the wing

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