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(Greek: to stretch; stretch out; to beat, to strike)
(Latin: from quatere, to shake, to strike, to beat)
(Latin: to blunt, dull; from ob- "against" plus tundere, "to beat, strike")
(Latin: to clap, to strike, to beat; to clap the hands in approbation [recognition as good], to approve)
(Greek > Latin: drum, kettledrum; stretched membrane; from "blow, impression, to beat"; a part of the ear)
(Greek > Latin: to beat, to strike; a blow; a dent, an impression, a mark, original form; a mold; a figure, an image, a form, a kind)
(Latin: to beat, to strike; to drive, to force back; from verber, whip, lash, rod; by extension, to make sounds or noises or those sounds and echoes that are thrown back again or repeatedly)
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“to beat”
A boiled egg in the morning is hard to beat.
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paraprosdokian, paraprosdokia
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hard to beat
A boiled egg in the morning is hard to beat.
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Definitions in Deviant and Comical Format
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