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beat to quarters

beat to quarters verb: to summon the crew of a sailing man-of-war to their stations for action against an enemy.

Verb

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

  1. (intransitive) To summon the crew of a sailing man-of-war to their stations for action against an enemy.

Forms of beat to quarters

third-person singular presentbeats to quarters
present participlebeating to quarters
pastbeat to quarters
past participlebeaten to quarters

Origin of beat to quarters

See beat (“to signal beating a drum”)

Questions about beat to quarters

What does beat to quarters mean?
Beat to quarters means to summon the crew of a sailing man-of-war to their stations for action against an enemy.
What part of speech is beat to quarters?
Beat to quarters is a verb.
What is the past tense of beat to quarters?
The past tense of beat to quarters is beat to quarters.

Words near beat to quarters in the dictionary

  1. beat the tar out of
  2. beat the wing
  3. beat time
  4. beat to
  5. beat to a pulp
  6. beat to quarters
  7. beat to the punch
  8. beat up
  9. beat up on
  10. beat up someone's quarters
  11. beat ups

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