Beat
Beat verb - To strike repeatedly.
Perplexing is a synonym for beat. In some cases you can replace term "Perplexing" with "Beat", this verbs are similar.
Perplexing
Perplexing adjective - Lacking clarity of meaning; causing confusion or perplexity.
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- Kafka beat Naked Lunch to the punch by being released a little over a month earlier, but Naked Lunch is much more widely remembered nowadays (it still bombed at the box office due to its perplexing premise that Siskel & Ebert struggled over).
Source: Dueling Works / Film Drama
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