Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To beat in.
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- verb transitive To
beat in. - noun The act, process, or instance of beating in.
Etymologies
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From Middle English inbeten, equivalent to in- + beat.
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Examples
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The bullet … came through my chest between two ribs, slightly shattering them, went past my heart, as the doctors later told me, when it must have been on an inbeat instead of an outbeat, and then missed my backbone as it went through the other side of my body about an inch.
The Story of World War II Donald L. Miller 1945
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The bullet … came through my chest between two ribs, slightly shattering them, went past my heart, as the doctors later told me, when it must have been on an inbeat instead of an outbeat, and then missed my backbone as it went through the other side of my body about an inch.
The Story of World War II Donald L. Miller 1945
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