See: HEAR THE BEAT.
{v. phr.}, {dialect} To hear of or to see someone or something better or surpassing. - Usually used in negative or interrogative sentences and often followed by "of". * /I never heard the beat! John swam all the way across the river. Did you ever hear the beat of it?/ * /The juggler spun a table around on the tip of his finger. I never saw the beat of that./