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
Parry
Parry verb - Impede the movement of (an opponent or a ball).
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Both words in one sentence
- When Hazama tries to assassinate Jin in Slight Hope, she is swift to call him on it and, when negotiations fail, parry the knife and attempt to beat the shit out of him.
Source: Good Is Not Soft -
Also Parry is glad when the two teens return later to beat him, due to having intense flashbacks to his wife's murder.
Source: Film / The Fisher King -
Teens Are Monsters: The two brutish teens who assault Jack in the beginning of the film and who return later on to beat the crap out of Parry.
Source: Film / The Fisher King
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