- beat hollow
- beat (someone) hollow
British & Australian
to defeat someone easily and by a large amount.
We played my brother's school at football and beat them hollow.
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beat hollow
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beat\ hollow — • beat all hollow • beat hollow v. phr. slang To do much better than; to beat very badly. We beat their team all hollow. As a speaker, he beats us all hollow … Словарь американских идиом
beat hollow — ► beat hollow defeat thoroughly. Main Entry: ↑hollow … English terms dictionary
Beat Hollow — Thoroughbred racehorse infobox horsename = Beat Hollow caption = sire = Sadler s Wells grandsire = Northern Dancer dam = Wemyss Bight damsire = Dancing Brave sex = Stallion foaled = 1997 country = Great Britain flagicon|United Kingdom colour =… … Wikipedia
beat hollow — phrasal or beat all hollow : to defeat or surpass utterly beat his opponents hollow this movie beats that one all hollow … Useful english dictionary
beat hollow — See: BEAT ALL HOLLOW … Dictionary of American idioms
beat hollow — See: BEAT ALL HOLLOW … Dictionary of American idioms
beat hollow — (Colloq.) Surpass completely, excel beyond all question, beat out and out … New dictionary of synonyms
beat hollow — Be very superior to … A concise dictionary of English slang
beat\ all\ hollow — • beat all hollow • beat hollow v. phr. slang To do much better than; to beat very badly. We beat their team all hollow. As a speaker, he beats us all hollow … Словарь американских идиом
hollow — ► ADJECTIVE 1) having a hole or empty space inside. 2) concave. 3) (of a sound) echoing. 4) lacking significance or sincerity. ► NOUN 1) a hole or depression. 2) a small valley … English terms dictionary
