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beat off definition


and ball off; jack off; jag off; jerk off; pull (oneself)
  1. in.
    to masturbate. (Usually objectionable.) : They say if you beat off too much, you'll get pimples.
  2. in.
    to waste time; to waste one's efforts; to do something inefficiently. : The whole lot of them were jacking off rather than sticking to business. , Stop whanking off and get on with your work!
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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beat (so's) definition


  1. tv.
    to beat someone severely. : She threatened to beat my brains out.
  2. tv.
    to drive oneself hard (to accomplish something). : I beat my brains out all day to clean this house, and you come in and track up the carpet!
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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beat off

Repulse, drive away by blows, as in We tried to beat off the flying ants swarming about us. Originating in the mid-1600s in a military context, this term was being used for other activities by the mid-1700s.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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