Beat
Play
Play verb - Exhaust by allowing to pull on the line.
Usage example: play a hooked fish
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| old | old beat | old play |
| good | good beat | good play |
| musical | musical beat | musical play |
| nice | nice beat | nice play |
| Other adjectives: long, normal, short, perfect, standard, original, single, obvious, actual, constant, serious, little, bad, main, general, next, double, last, different. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Being the ditzes that they are, Bill and Ted proceed to play and beat Death at Battleship, Clue, Twister, and other (less cerebral) games.
Source: Smart People Play Chess -
Tyler points out that in Hero Story you play as Sonic and defeat Shadow in a battle, yet in Dark Story you do a Perspective Flip and beat Sonic, and wonders which one is canon.
Source: Lets Play / Versus - Hacking the game to play as them and beat the game as them will play their endings but with garbage text reading "AAAAAAAAAAA." They also have alternate player colours if selected with a different button.
Source: Dummied Out / Fighting Games
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Play and Beat. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/beat/play
Beat & Play. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/beat/play>.
Play or Beat. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/beat/play.
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