Beat and Hide

Beat

Beat verb - To strike repeatedly.

Usage example: they attacked and beat him, but fortunately he'll be fine

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Hide and beat are semantically related in attack topic. In some cases you can use "Hide" instead a verb "Beat".

Nearby Words: beaten, beating, beater, beatable

Hide verb - To strike repeatedly with something long and thin or flexible.

Usage example: threatened to hide the boys with his cane if he ever found them on his property again

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Beat and hide are semantically related in attack topic. Sometimes you can use "Beat" instead a verb "Hide".

Nearby Words: hideous, hiding, hideously, hided

best	best beat	best hide
similar	similar beat	similar hide
normal	normal beat	normal hide
original	original beat	original hide
Other adjectives: powerful, little, double, recurring.

A 1942 MGM cartoon called Chips Off the Old Block has a beat-up old tomcat named Butch find a litter of Doorstop Kittens that he tries to hide from his mistress.

Source: Lamarck Was Right
As used metaphorically, can describe an umpteen-nil football match.note The synonymous American term for this use is a "blowout" (Note that the verb "hide" itself is not used as a synonym for "beat" or "spank"- that would be "tanning your/someone's hide".)

Source: Useful Notes / British English
The kidnapper made the kid hide under a blanket while he beat the mother to death.

Source: Nightmare Fuel Coloring Book

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