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beating as one

beating as one is the present participle and gerund of beat as one.

Meaning of beat as one

Verb

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

  1. (especially, idiomatic) To share the same feelings.
    • Thou, too, delightest in the freshness and the bloom; thine eye follows and answers mine in its admiration of the beautiful, and our hearts beat as one to the music and gladness of nature.1851 August, “N. P. W.”, “A Love Letter, Supposed to have been Written for the ‘Home Journal’”, in Henry Bacon, editor, The Ladies’ Repository, volume XX, Boston, Mass.: Published by A. Tompkins, 38...

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

Words near beating as one in the dictionary

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

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