See beat off on Wiktionary
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"ref": "1697, Carradoc Of Lhancarvan, The history of Wales, page 33:",
"text": "...which Action did not so much grieve the English, as trouble and vex the Picts and Scots, who were incessantly gauled and frequently beat off by these Danish Troops.",
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"ref": "1954 November 27, “Red Assault on Tiny Isle Beaten Off, Say Nationalists”, in The Daily Colonist, volume 96, number 294, Victoria, British Columbia, page 1, column 6:",
"text": "First reports were that the Reds, in five gunboats and swarms of junks, succeeded in landing on tiny Wuchiu in Formosa Strait, but were beaten off with many captured.",
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"ref": "1968 September 14, Betty & Me, volume 16, Archie Comics, front cover:",
"text": "(Betty) Did you have any trouble rescuing me?\n(Archie) I sure did, Betty! I had to beat off three other guys!",
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"ref": "2021 September 22, “National Rail Awards 2021: London Liverpool Street - Network Rail”, in RAIL, number 940, page 47:",
"text": "London Liverpool Street beat off stiff competition to be highly commended in this category, despite having had no major redevelopment for three decades.",
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"To drive something away with blows or military force."
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"(transitive, now often figurative) To drive something away with blows or military force."
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"ref": "2003, David Burke, The Slangman guide to dirty English: dangerous expressions Americans use, page 13:",
"text": "Example 1: \"I don't need a girlfriend. I just need some swimsuit catalogs, so I can beat off six or seven times a day.\"",
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"To masturbate by stimulating one's own penis."
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"(intransitive, idiomatic, vulgar, colloquial, chiefly US, Canada) To masturbate by stimulating one's own penis."
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"To waste time."
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"(transitive, slang, African-American Vernacular) To shoot (a gun)."
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"text": "(Betty) Did you have any trouble rescuing me?\n(Archie) I sure did, Betty! I had to beat off three other guys!",
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},
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"ref": "2021 September 22, “National Rail Awards 2021: London Liverpool Street - Network Rail”, in RAIL, number 940, page 47:",
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"ref": "2003, David Burke, The Slangman guide to dirty English: dangerous expressions Americans use, page 13:",
"text": "Example 1: \"I don't need a girlfriend. I just need some swimsuit catalogs, so I can beat off six or seven times a day.\"",
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"To masturbate by stimulating one's own penis."
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"(intransitive, idiomatic, vulgar, colloquial, chiefly US, Canada) To masturbate by stimulating one's own penis."
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"To waste time."
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"(intransitive, idiomatic, vulgar, colloquial) To waste time."
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