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beating off

verb

Present participle of beat off

  • I thought you might like to know I caught your little brother beating off in my closet.

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Beating off these challenges involved him in endless polemics and legal maneuvering.

Come back!" yelled Demetrius, furiously beating off the bulge in his Calvin Klein's.

He is right to see the steady Iraqification of the forces as the key to beating off the rebels.

"I was kind of disoriented, and the sun was beating off these tiers of caskets out on the street.

After 25... Qd7, Mamedyarov was not only beating off the attack, but preparing to trap the white queen.

Other judges recounted still graver misdemeanours, such as riot police and plainclothes thugs beating off opposition voters, and police summarily closing polling stations.

He became the programme's 14th champion after beating off competition from David Crichton, 41, and Nawamin Pinpathomrat, 28, in the final.

The trio's new show will be broadcast on Amazon's on-demand TV service, with the US giant beating off competition from ITV and its online rival, Netflix.

They cite the experience of U.S. airlines, which, after the industry's deregulation in the 1980s, succeeded in beating off cut-price providers such as People Express.

The only seaman on board, John Hardie, takes charge and makes tough decisions to ensure the safety of the passengers — refusing to save a boy in the water and beating off three men who try to board the boat.

Emily, who kept two pet geese, copied the whinchat and ring ouzel, and a vignette of an old woman beating off geese.

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