Beating
91take some beating — ► to do something so well that it is difficult for anyone else to do better: »The automaker has delivered an impressive hatchback car that will take some beating. Main Entry: ↑beat …
92take a beating (to) — Lose; get a bad deal; be crushed. ► “U.S. exports to Mexico will take a beating from the peso devaluation, but the beating may be less severe than it has been in the first few months of devaluation.” (Forbes, April 24, 1995, p. 49) …
93take a beating — tv. to be beaten, bested, or defeated. □ The candidate took a beating in the runoffs. □ The team took quite a beating …
94bold-beating — /bōldˈbētˈing/ (Shakespeare) adjective Possibly for ‘bowl beating’ ie tub thumping, or a conflation of ↑bold and ↑browbeating …
95carpet beating — noun The removal of dust from carpets by beating • • • Main Entry: ↑carpet …
96world-beating — worldˈ beating adjective • • • Main Entry: ↑world * * * ˈworld beating ; adjective Main entry: ↑world beaterderived …
97give a beating — index lash (strike) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
98take a beating — index lose (undergo defeat) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
99world-beating — world ,beating adjective MAINLY BRITISH MAINLY JOURNALISM better than all other similar people or things …
100iron beating — flattening of iron by beating it …