BEAT THE RAP

Meaning of BEAT THE RAP in English

v. phr. To escape the legal penalty one ought to receive. In spite of the strong evidence against him, the prisoner beat the rap and went free.

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BEAT THE RAP — phrasal to escape or evade the penalties connected with an accusation or charge
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
BEAT THE RAP — phrasal : to escape or evade the penalties connected with an accusation or charge he was charged with arson but …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BEAT THE RAP — evade or escape punishment for the crime one had been accused of
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
BEAT THE RAP — : to escape or evade the penalties connected with an accusation or charge
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BEAT THE RAP — to escape or evade the penalties connected with an accusation or charge
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
BEAT THE RAP — ( NAmE , slang ) to escape without being punished
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BEAT THE RAP — {v. phr.} To escape the legal penalty one ought to receive. * /In spite of the strong evidence against him, …
Slang English vocab
BEAT THE RAP — See ↑ PUNISH 7
Longman Activator English vocab
BEAT THE RAP — {v. phr.} To escape the legal penalty one ought to receive. * /In spite of the strong evidence against him, …
Словарь английских идиом
BEAT THE RAP — have the charges removed or dropped, get off Every time the burgler was caught he was able to beat the …
English Idioms vocab
BEAT THE RAP — have the charges removed or dropped, get off Every time the burglar was caught he was able to beat the …
English Idioms vocabulary
BEAT THE RAP — уйти от судебной ответственности
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
BEAT THE RAP — избежать наказания
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
BEAT THE RAP — избежать наказания
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
BEAT THE RAP — уйти от судебной ответственности
Англо-Русский дополнительный словарь
BEAT THE RAP — expr AmE sl He's pretty sure he can beat the rap — Он уверен, что ему удастся избежать наказания The crooks will …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современной разговорной лексики - Глазунов
BEAT THE RAP — expr AmE sl He's pretty sure he can beat the rap — Он уверен, что ему удастся избежать наказания The …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современной разговорной лексики
BEAT THE RAP — rap, beat the expr AmE sl He's pretty sure he can beat the rap Он уверен, что ему удастся избежать …
Англо-Русский новый словарь современного неформального английского языка
BEAT THE RAP — He's pretty sure he can beat the rap — Он уверен, что ему удастся избежать наказания The crooks will start …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современного неформального английского
BEAT THE RAP — уйти от судебной ответственности
Англо-Русский словарь английских идиом
BEAT THE RAP — уйти от судебной ответственности
Англо-Русский словарь идиом
RAP — Musical style in which rhythmic and/or rhyming speech is chanted ("rapped") to musical accompaniment. This backing music, which can include …
Английский словарь Британика
RAP — I. ˈrap noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English rappe, probably of imitative origin 1. a. : a quick sharp …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BEAT — I. ˈbēt, usu -d.+V verb ( beat “ ; beaten ˈbēt ə n ; also beat ˈbēt, usu -d.+V ; …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
RAP — rap 1 /rap/ , v. , rapped, rapping , n. v.t. 1. to strike, esp. with a quick, smart, or …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BEAT — — beatable , adj. /beet/ , v. , beat, beaten or beat, beating , n. , adj. v.t. 1. to …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
RAP — I. ˈrap noun Etymology: Middle English rappe Date: 14th century 1. : a sharp blow or knock 2. a. : …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BEAT — I. ˈbēt verb ( beat ; beat·en ˈbē-t ə n ; or beat ; beat·ing ) Etymology: Middle English beten, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
RAP — noun a quick, smart blow; a knock. 2. rap ·v to hasten. 3. rap ·v to snatch away; to seize …
Webster English vocab
BEAT — noun a stroke; a blow. 2. beat ·impf of beat. 3. beat ·p.p. of beat. 4. beat ·vt to tread, …
Webster English vocab
BEAT — [beat] vb beat ; beat.en or beat ; beat.ing [ME beten, fr. OE beatan; akin to OHG bozan to beat] …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
BEAT — Wave graphs illustrating how beat notes are produced by two different frequencies in physics, the pulsation caused by the combination …
Britannica English vocabulary
RAP — / ræp; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun 1. [ C ] a quick sharp hit or knock : …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BEAT — / biːt; NAmE / verb , noun , adjective ■ verb ( beat , beaten / ˈbiːtn; NAmE /) IN …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
RAP — I. rap 1 /ræp/ BrE AmE noun [ Sense 1: Date: 1900-2000 ; Origin: Perhaps from repartee ] [ Sense …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
BEAT — I. beat 1 S2 W2 /biːt/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense beat , past participle beaten /ˈbiːtn/) [ Word …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
RAP — n. & v. --n. 1 a smart slight blow. 2 a knock, a sharp tapping sound. 3 sl. blame, censure, …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
BEAT — v., n., & adj. --v. (past beat; past part. beaten) 1 tr. a strike (a person or animal) persistently or …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
RAP — n. & v. n. 1 a smart slight blow. 2 a knock, a sharp tapping sound. 3 sl. blame, censure, …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
BEAT — v., n., & adj. v. (past beat; past part. beaten) 1 tr. a strike (a person or animal) persistently or …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
RAP — 1. n. & v. --n. 1. a smart slight blow. 2 a knock, a sharp tapping sound. 3 sl. blame, …
Oxford English vocab
BEAT — v., n., & adj. --v. (past beat; past part. beaten) 1. tr. a strike (a person or animal) persistently or …
Oxford English vocab
RAP — ( raps, rapping, rapped) 1. Rap is a type of music in which the words are not sung but are …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BEAT — ( beats, beating, beaten) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: The form …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
RAP — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES gangsta rap rap sheet COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE bad ▪ There have been …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BEAT — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES beat a hasty retreat ▪ I saw my aunt coming and beat a hasty …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BEAT — (MOVEMENT) [verb] [past simple] beat, [past participle] beaten or beat - to (cause to) make a regular movement or soundAlthough …
Cambridge English vocab
RAP — n. Musical style in which rhythmic and/or rhyming speech is chanted ("rapped") to musical accompaniment. This backing music, which can …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
BEAT — Synonyms and related words : Alexandrine, Bohemian, about ship, abrade, abscond, accent, accentuation, addle, addled, aerate, agitate, air lane, all …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
RAP — take a false oath; also to curse. He rapped out a volley; i.e. he swore a whole volley of oaths. …
Slang English vocab
RAP — n. 25B6; verb she rapped his fingers with a ruler : HIT, strike; informal whack, thwack, bash, wallop; poetic/literary smite. …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
BEAT — n. 25B6; verb they were beaten with truncheons : HIT, strike, batter, thump, bang, hammer, punch, knock, thrash, pound, pummel, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
RAP — n [ U ] a style of popular music with a strong beat to which words are spoken rather than …
Oxford Guide to British and American Culture English vocabulary
RAP — v. 1 knock, strike, tap, hit The policeman rapped smartly at the door with his truncheon 2 criticize, rebuke, scold, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
BEAT — v. 1 strike, pound, bash, smite, batter, pummel or pommel, belabour, pelt, clout, thrash, give (someone) a thrashing or beating, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
RAP — noun and verb (Music) (Youth Culture) noun: A style of popular music (also known more fully as rap music) in …
Английский разговорный словарь - Новые слова
RAP — I 1. сущ. 1) а) легкий удар; стук There was a series of raps on the window. ≈ Послышалось несколько …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
BEAT — 1. сущ. 1) удар; барабанный бой; биение сердца Syn : pulse 2) батман (балетное па) 3) род удара в фехтовании …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
RAP — rap.ogg _I 1. ræp n 1. лёгкий удар to get to give smb. a rap over /on/ the knuckles /the …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
BEAT — beat.ogg _I 1. bi:t n 1. 1> удар; бой the beat of a drum - барабанный бой the beat of …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
BEAT — beat сущ.1) удар; барабанный бой; биение сердца Syn:pulse 2) батман (балетное па) 3) род удара в фехтовании 4) вспугивание дичи …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
RAP — _I 1. ræp n 1. лёгкий удар to get to give smb. a rap over /on/ the knuckles /the fingers/ …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
BEAT — _I 1. bi:t n 1. 1> удар; бой the beat of a drum - барабанный бой the beat of waves …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
RAP — I 1. сущ. 1) а) легкий удар; стук There was a series of raps on the window. — Послышалось несколько …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике

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