beat hollow

Idioms

see under beat the pants off.

Example Sentences

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V. be superior &c. adj.; exceed, excel, transcend; outdo, outbalance†, outweigh, outrank, outrival, out-Herod; pass, surpass, get ahead of; over-top, override, overpass, overbalance, overweigh, overmatch; top, o'ertop, cap, beat, cut out; beat hollow; outstrip &c.

From Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Roget, Peter Mark

They beat hollow trees as drums with hands, and then scream as music to it; when men hear them, they go to the sokos; but sokos never go to men with hostility.

From The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa, from 1865 to His Death, Volume II (of 2), 1869-1873 Continued By A Narrative Of His Last Moments And Sufferings, Obtained From His Faithful Servants Chuma And Susi by Waller, Horace

Their hand was beat hollow: he held a flush.

From Dreams and Days: Poems by Lathrop, George Parsons

The South Sea Islanders beat hollow logs with clubs, marking time and creating melody by these notes.

From History of Human Society by Blackmar, Frank W. (Frank Wilson)

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