Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

take some beating

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.41 in modern English

Syllables
take -some beat-ing
IPA
24
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
3
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To be difficult to beat; to be difficult to do better than.

Example Sentences

Inflected Forms

takes some beating (present, singular) taking some beating (participle, present) took some beating (past) taken some beating (participle, past)

Phrases

take some doing

Frequently Paired Words

take some doing

Questions

What does take some beating mean?
To be difficult to beat; to be difficult to do better than.

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