come out better in a competition, race, or conflict; "Agassi beat Becker in tennsi championship"; "We beat the competition"; "Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game"
beat severely with a whip or rod; "The teacher often flogged the students"
be a mystery or bewildering to: "This beats me!" "Got me--I don't know the answer!"
censure severely or angrily; "The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger''s car"; "The deputy ragged the Prime Minister"; "The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup"
come out better in a competition, race, or conflict; "Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship"; "We beat the competition"; "Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game"
beat severely with a whip or rod; "The teacher often flogged the students"; "The children were severely trounced"
censure severely or angrily
come out better in a competition, race, or conflict
