Accept and Beat

Accept

Accept verb - To agree to receive whether willingly or reluctantly.

Beat is an antonym for accept.

Beat

Beat verb - To avoid having to comply with (something) especially through cleverness.
Usage example: he spends all of his time trying to beat the system

Accept is an antonym for beat.

Nearby Words: beaten, beating, beater, beatable

Common collocations

people accept people beat people
someone accept someone beat someone
death accept death beat death
way accept way beat way
Other words: story, version, mission, anyone.

Both words in one sentence

  • If you accept, you beat up on a defenseless Magical Particle Accelerator until it breaks, causing a massive apocalypse.
  • His father instructs his armsmaster to beat Vanyel so badly that he breaks his arm, rather than accept that his son is not going to live up to his standards of "manliness".
  • Anime / Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection ‘F’ Pride: A major flaw in Frieza, Goku, and Vegeta: In Frieza's case, his pride won't allow him to accept that Goku beat him.
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