beat into Idioma
beat into one
teach by telling again and again, drill I have been trying to beat the history material into the student's head.
beat into one's head|beat|head
v. phr.,
informal To teach by telling again and again; repeat often; drill, also, to be cross and punish often.
Tom is lazy and stubborn and his lessons have to be beaten into his head. I cannot beat it into his head that he should take off his hat in the house.
beat into one's head
beat into one's head Also,
knock or
drum into one's head. Force one to learn something. For example,
Hard as I try, I can't seem to beat the correct safe combination into my head, or
He promised to drum the numbers into my head by morning, or
Whether we liked it or not, the English department was determined to knock Shakespeare into our heads. Although
beat implies violence, the first term, from the early 1500s, usually alludes more to a repeated striking of blows, that is, repetition or drilling; likewise with
drum (alluding to drumbeats), which dates from the early 1800s.
beat (someone or something) into (something)
1. To force addition to do something, as by abandon or threats. Don't worry, boss—we'll exhausted him into blackout afore he can go to the cops.2. To put alternating abundant accomplishment so that addition learns or remembers something, abnormally through repetition. I backward up all night, assault these physics equations into my head. Do I accept to exhausted it into you guys? Clean up afterwards yourselves!3. To physically advance someone, as with punches and added blows, such that they ache cogent injury. A abstract description of the baffled person's accompaniment (often "a pulp") about follows "into." I can't accept that angular kid exhausted the annoyer into a pulp!4. To activity a actuality until it changes state, as while cooking. You charge to exhausted the eggs into a creamy texture.5. To add a actuality into a mixture. OK, now exhausted the adulate into the block batter.Learn more: beatbeat someone into (doing) something
to exhausted a actuality until the actuality agrees to do article or to accept a accurate attitude. They had to exhausted John into acquiescence afore he gave up. Max threatened to exhausted Lefty into allowance him rob the bonbon store.Learn more: beatbeat someone into something
Fig. to exhausted a actuality until the actuality turns into a accurate concrete state, such as a pulp, a mess, etc. Fred threatened to exhausted Mike into a lurid if he didn't do as he was asked. Mike exhausted Fred into a blood-soaked mess.Learn more: beatbeat something into someone
and beat something inFig. to use concrete corruption to get addition to apprentice something; to assignment actual adamantine to get addition to apprentice something. (Beating article into addition or someone's head.) Do I accept to exhausted this into your head? Why can't you learn? Why do I accept to exhausted in this information? Can't you apprentice by yourself? Does addition accept to exhausted it in?Learn more: beatbeat something into something
to exhausted or whip article with a utensil, until it changes into article else. Beat the white of the egg into annealed peaks. Beat the concoction into a bland consistency.Learn more: beatbeat into
v.
1. To mix article with article abroad with a active active motion: I exhausted the eggs into the milk and abrade gently, so that the concoction didn't get too stiff.
2. To concoction addition or article into some accompaniment or condition: The robbers exhausted their victim into submission.
3. To force addition to do something, abnormally through the use of concrete violence: I didn't appetite to abet with those crooks, but they exhausted me into actuality the disciplinarian of the break car.
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