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n.
a regularly traversed round
1) to patrol, walk one's ~
2) to cover one's ~
3) a policeman's ~
rhythm
4) an irregular; regular, steady ~
5) to a ~ (to dance to the ~ of jungle music)
unit of rhythm
6) a ~ to (four ~s to a measure)
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v.
1) to ~ brutally, mercilessly, severely, viciously
2) ( d ; intr. , tr. ) ('to strike') to ~ against (the bird ~ its wings against the bars of its cage; the waves ~ against the rocks)
3) ( d ; tr. ) ('to hammer') to ~ into (to ~ facts into smb.'s head; to ~ swords into plowshares)
4) ( d ; tr. ) ('to strike') to ~ into. to (to ~ smb. into submission; to ~ smb. to death)
5) ( d ; intr. ) ('to strike') to ~ on (smb. was ~ing on the door)
6) ( colloq. ) ( D ; tr. ) ('to arrive ahead of') to ~ to (I'll ~ you to the car!)
7) ( N ; used with an adjective) ('to strike') they ~ him unconscious
8) (slang) ( R ) ('to astound') it ~s me that they turned down the invitation