Beats
Beats noun - A United States youth subculture of the 1950s; rejected possessions or regular work or traditional dress; for communal living and psychedelic drugs and anarchism; favored modern forms of jazz (e.g., bebop).
Knocks
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- At that point, Bowser beats the stuffing out of her and knocks her out of the ring.
Source: Tropers / Iheartgod 175 -
In his debut, he beats up a bunch of thugs in a bar, and then threatens the bartender for pickled eggs, which he then eats, knocks the old man out, and robs him.
Source: Comic Book / Before Watchmen -
Downplayed in the Lupin III Pilot Film, but when Lupin "beats" Inspector Zenigata in Shogi, the detective knocks everything off his desk.
Source: Flipping the Table
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