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beats someone's ass

beats someone's ass is the third-person singular simple present indicative of beat someone's ass.

Meaning of beat someone's ass

Verb

beat someone's ass (third-person singular simple present beats someone's ass, present participle beating someone's ass, simple past beat someone's ass, past participle beaten someone's ass)

  1. (US, idiomatic, vulgar) To beat someone severely.
    • God say spoil the apple, rot the apple, beat the child," some shit like that. Uh-huh, which mean beat your ass.1997, Leon E. Pettiway, Workin' it: Women Living Through Drugs and Crime, page 210
  2. (US, idiomatic, vulgar) To defeat or trounce someone; to win decisively over someone.
    • We got to do whatever it takes and beat their ass.2015, Scott Winter, Nebrasketball: Coach Tim Miles and a Big Ten Team on the Rise, page 168

Questions about beats someone's ass

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Beats someone's ass is the third-person singular simple present indicative of beat someone's ass.

Words near beats someone's ass in the dictionary

  1. beats one's swords into plowshares
  2. beats out
  3. beats someone at their own game
  4. beats someone round the ears
  5. beats someone's arse
  6. beats someone's ass
  7. beats someone's brains out
  8. beats someone's time
  9. beats the air
  10. beats the bat
  11. beats the bishop

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