"bad to beat" meaning in English

{
  "etymology_text": "Compare the phrase \"beat badly\"; see badly (“very much; to a great degree”).",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
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          "ref": "1861, Anne Bowman, Among the Tartar Tents, Or, The Lost Fathers, page 183:",
          "text": "\"But, you see, they know nothing of discipline. If they'd only form reg'lar, and stand firm in a square, they'd be bad to beat, as them dogs of robbers would find.\"",
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        {
          "ref": "1886, The Breeder's Gazette, page 274:",
          "text": "Twenty-one yearling fillies faced the judges, and in this competition Mr. Clark's Silver Queen was an easy first, and with a little more flesh and condition will be bad to beat.",
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      "glosses": [
        "Difficult to beat; sure to succeed."
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(slang, archaic) Difficult to beat; sure to succeed."
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  "word": "bad to beat"
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{
  "etymology_text": "Compare the phrase \"beat badly\"; see badly (“very much; to a great degree”).",
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  "pos": "adj",
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          "ref": "1861, Anne Bowman, Among the Tartar Tents, Or, The Lost Fathers, page 183:",
          "text": "\"But, you see, they know nothing of discipline. If they'd only form reg'lar, and stand firm in a square, they'd be bad to beat, as them dogs of robbers would find.\"",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1886, The Breeder's Gazette, page 274:",
          "text": "Twenty-one yearling fillies faced the judges, and in this competition Mr. Clark's Silver Queen was an easy first, and with a little more flesh and condition will be bad to beat.",
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      "glosses": [
        "Difficult to beat; sure to succeed."
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        "(slang, archaic) Difficult to beat; sure to succeed."
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        "archaic",
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  "word": "bad to beat"
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