Beat and Shrug

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Beat verb - To strike repeatedly.

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Shrug and beat are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Shrug" instead a verb "Beat".

Nearby Words: beaten, beating, beater, beatable

Shrug verb - Raise one's shoulders to indicate indifference or resignation.

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Beat and shrug are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Beat" instead a verb "Shrug".

Nearby Word: shrugged

Just when it looks like Digger is going to shrug it off and beat up the guy who did it, she passes out midway through what was probably meant to be her "World of Cardboard" Speech.

Source: Webcomic / Digger
Justified for being Played for Laughs, but the nations of Axis Powers Hetalia shrug off being shot in the head, tortured, abducted, and having the shit beat out of them pretty well.

Source: Angst? What Angst?
Turns out rocks can't beat mecha — but a stampede of armored rhinos that shrug off gunfire like a gentle shower can.

Source: Rock Beats Laser

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