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beating all

beating all is the present participle and gerund of beat all.

Meaning of beat all

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

Questions about beating all

What is beating all the present participle and gerund of?
Beating all is the present participle and gerund of beat all.

Words near beating all in the dictionary

  1. beatinest
  2. beating
  3. beating a hasty retreat
  4. beating about
  5. beating about the bush
  6. beating all
  7. beating around the bush
  8. beating as one
  9. beating back
  10. beating Banaghan
  11. beating down

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