beat time
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A man in a wheelchair wearing a pale-gray blazer beat time to the music with his eyes closed, a look of intense joy on his face.
From The New Yorker • Oct. 1, 2018
“Perhaps not,” Alice cautiously replied: “but I know I have to beat time when I learn music.”
From Washington Post • Jan. 7, 2016
But it is part of his method not to beat time relentlessly; any traffic cop can do that.
From Time Magazine Archive
Ole Earl, less than a year away from his revolving-door visits to a clutch of psychiatrists, beat time with his straw hat when he could hear the band.
From Time Magazine Archive
He had a string of bells around one of his ankles and beat time with his foot as he played.
From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway
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