Found 2,048 phrases starting with B: Page #10

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bear offTo gain; to carry off, as a prize.Rate it:
bear offTo remove to a distance; to keep clear from rubbing against anything.Rate it:
bear offTo restrain; to keep from approaching.Rate it:
bear off fromTo stand further off fromRate it:
bear onTo influence, have an effect on.Rate it:
bear onTo be relevant to.Rate it:
bear oneselfTo behave and conduct oneself in such a manner that others will give one respect.Rate it:
bear outTo corroborate, prove, or confirm; to demonstrate; to provide evidence for.Rate it:
bear outshow it br trueRate it:
bear the bruntTo endure the worst part of something.Rate it:
bear upTo sail close to the wind.Rate it:
bear upTo endure hardship cheerfully.Rate it:
bear uponTo influence, have an effect upon.Rate it:
bear uponTo be relevant to.Rate it:
bear withTo be patient with.Rate it:
bear witnessgive evidenceRate it:
beard the lion in his denTo confront an adversary in his or her own environmentRate it:
beast with two backsTwo people engaged in sexual intercourse.Rate it:
beat a dead horseTo persist or continue far beyond any purpose, interest or reason.Rate it:
beat a retreatTo leave hastily in the face of opposition.Rate it:
beat around the bushTo delay or avoid talking about something difficult or unpleasant.Rate it:
beat around the bushTo treat a topic but omit its main points, often intentionally.Rate it:
beat around the bushevasive responses, implausible explanations, extrapolations instead of explanations.Rate it:
Beat Around the BushTo avoid getting to some point or answering any question that is relevant, the approach of some people, which is quite far from the real objective or center of focus.Rate it:
beat as oneTo share the same feelings.Rate it:
beat banaghanAn Irish saying of one who tells wonderful stories, or of something which is amazing and remarkable.Rate it:
beat downTo strike with great force.Rate it:
beat downTo haggle someone to sell at a lower price.Rate it:
beat downTo severely beat someone up.Rate it:
beat feetTo flee.Rate it:
beat feetTo run.Rate it:
beat intoTo teach or instil by harsh repetition.Rate it:
beat itTo go away.Rate it:
beat it!Get the heck out of here!Rate it:
beat me to the punchSomeone Arrived Sooner, It Happened Too Fast:Rate it:
beat offTo drive something away with blows.Rate it:
beat offTo waste time.Rate it:
beat offTo masturbate.Rate it:
beat one's brainTo struggle to think or remember somethingRate it:
beat one's head against a stone wallTo waste effort on a futile project.Rate it:
beat one's meatTo masturbate.Rate it:
beat one's swords into ploughsharesTo refrain from doing aggressive activities and to do peaceful ones.Rate it:
beat one's swords into ploughsharesTo create a peaceful civilian instrument from military technologies.Rate it:
beat one's swords into plowsharesAlternative spelling of beat one's swords into ploughsharesRate it:
beat outTo extinguish.Rate it:
beat outTo win by a narrow margin.Rate it:
beat outTo sound a rhythm on a percussion instrument such as a drum.Rate it:
beat somebody to the punchTo do something before somebody else is able to.Rate it:
beat someone at their own gameto win against someone who is good, better or best at something (not necessarily a literal game) or in their fieldRate it:
beat someone to the punchTo do something before somebody else is able to.Rate it:

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