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beating off with a stick

beating off with a stick is the present participle and gerund of beat off with a stick.

Meaning of beat off with a stick

Verb

beat off with a stick (third-person singular simple present beats off with a stick, present participle beating off with a stick, simple past beat off with a stick, past participle beaten off with a stick)

  1. (idiomatic, informal, transitive) To reject (a person making an unwanted amorous approach).
    • I mentioned that while pictures from my teens and twenties showed I was pretty cute, somehow I'd never attracted many guys, while my (no-less-adorable) kid sister had to beat them off with a stick.2006, Tony Attwood, Temple Grandin, Asperger's and Girls

Questions about beating off with a stick

What is beating off with a stick the present participle and gerund of?
Beating off with a stick is the present participle and gerund of beat off with a stick.

Words near beating off with a stick in the dictionary

  1. beating into fits
  2. beating into shape
  3. beating it
  4. beating like a jungle drum
  5. beating off
  6. beating off with a stick
  7. beating on
  8. beating one's ass
  9. beating one's brain
  10. beating one's brains out
  11. beating one's breast

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