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 Translation for 'to beat sb sth' from English to French
battre qn./qc.to beat sb./sth. [eggs, people]
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enfoncer qn./qc. [concurrent, concurrence]to beat sb./sth.
mil.sport
écrabouiller qn./qc. [vaincre]
to beat sb./sth. [defeat]
2 Words
rabâcher qc. à qn. [loc.]to beat sth. into sb. [idiom]
3 Words
frapper qn./qc. à mortto beat sb./sth. to death
5+ Words
battre le tambour pour qn./qc. [loc.]to beat the big drum for sb./sth. [Br.] [idiom]
Partial Matches
l'emporter sur qn.to beat sb. [defeat]
battre qn. à plates couturesto beat sb. hollow
tabasser qn.to beat up sb.
battre qn. d'importanceto beat sb. soundly
rosser qn. d'importance [vieilli]to beat sb. soundly
cogner qn.to beat sb. up
mettre la pâtée à qn. [fam.] [vaincre l'adversaire largement]to beat sb. hollow [coll.]
rouer qn. de coups [loc.]to beat sb. up [coll.]
démolir qn. [fam.]to beat sb. up [coll.]
casser la gueule à qn. [fam.]to beat sb. up [coll.]
flanquer une raclée à qn. [fam.]to beat up sb. [coll.]
casser la figure à qn. [fam.]to beat sb. up [coll.]
battre qn. à mortto beat sb. to death
assener des coups de poing à qn.to beat sb. with ones fists
mettre qc. en charpie [fig.] [adversaire violent]to beat sb to a pulp [coll.]
matérieltech.
marteler qc. [forgeron]
to beat sth.
battre qn. à son propre jeu [loc.]to beat sb. at their own game [idiom]
mettre la pâtée à qn. [fam.] [loc.] [vaincre l'adversaire largement]to beat the pants off sb. [coll.] [idiom]
accourir en foule chez qn.to beat a path to sb.'s door
cuis.
fouetter qc.
to beat sth. [Am.]
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Usage Examples English
  • However, Fargo came back to beat Karpilow in November.
  • In 1995–96, he finished the season top of the batting averages in the Currie Cup, his top score of 158 helped Free State chase down 389 to beat Northern Transvaal.
  • In the early 1950s an English couple built the "White Hawk", a jet-powered hydrofoil water craft, in an attempt to beat the absolute water speed record.
  • Not approving their second-favorite means the voter helps the candidate they least desire to beat their second-favorite and perhaps win.
  • Despite this, a Geoff Hurst goal was enough to beat their first opponents, Romania.

  • On 30 January 1918, Mannerheim proclaimed to Russian soldiers in Finland that the White Army did not fight against Russia, but that the objective of the White campaign was to beat the Finnish Reds and the Soviet troops supporting them.
  • For instance, many teams have penalty corner variations that they can use to beat the defensive team.
  • "How to Beat the High Co$t of Living", starring Jane Curtin, Jessica Lange and Susan St.
  • They were the first team to beat the Patriots in the playoffs during the Tom Brady era.
  • This helped his Fulham team to beat Ipswich 10–1 (a club record).

  • In 1997, Deep Blue became the first computer to beat the reigning World Champion in a match when it defeated Garry Kasparov.
  • In the 1930s, Ettore Bugatti got involved in the creation of a racer airplane, hoping to beat the Germans in the Deutsch de la Meurthe prize.
  • After a five-season stay in the top flight, despite winning 1–0 at Newcastle at the start of the 1910–11 campaign, failure to beat Everton in the season's finale brought City's first-ever taste of relegation and it was to be 65 years before top-flight status would be regained.
  • Baltimore managed to beat the Jets 10–9 on the 2010 opener, but then lost a poorly played game against Cincinnati the following week.
  • Oberlin is the last college in Ohio to beat Ohio State (winning 7–6 in 1921).

  • Nigeria's national basketball team made the headlines internationally when it became the first African team to beat the United States men's national team.
  • In 1982, a young Gracie Hart steps into a playground fight to beat up a bully who is threatening a boy she likes.
  • For example, the chess computer Deep Blue (the first one to beat a reigning world champion, Garry Kasparov at that time) looked ahead at least 12 plies, then applied a heuristic evaluation function.
  • On December 9, 2018, the Miami Dolphins pulled off the only walk-off touchdown to involve multiple lateral passes in NFL history, completing two laterals for a 69-yard touchdown to beat the New England Patriots 34–33.
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