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./

Slang English vocab. Английский сленговый словарь. 2012

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 — 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 — v. phr. To escape the legal penalty one ought to receive. In spite of the strong evidence against him, the …
American Idioms English 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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