Beat
Beat verb - To strike repeatedly.
Seek
Seek verb - To go in search of.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- At least one fanfic features Harry, in need of training to beat Voldemort and unable to get any from Dumbledore, going to Nurmengard to seek help from the prior Dark Lord, Gellert Grindelwald.
Source: Recruiting the Criminal -
Jonas Miller (Cary Elwes) that seek to beat Our Heroes to the punch at a scientific breakthrough.Twister was also the first film ever released on DVD.
Source: Film / Twister -
At least he doesn't take a beating this time...unless you decide to seek him out and beat him up again (not that you have much choice about the matter; he's marked with a "target" marker that won't disappear unless you beat him up).
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