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beats all

beats all is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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

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What is beats all the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Beats all is the third-person singular simple present indicative of beat all.

Words near beats all in the dictionary

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

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