To beat time

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to measure or regulate time in music by the motion of the hand or foot.

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beat Manuductor siciliano time			He had performed many eminent services for the crown, had great natural and acquired parts, adorned with integrity and honour; but so ill an ear for music, that his detractors reported, "he had been often known to beat time in the wrong place;" neither could his tutors, without extreme difficulty, teach him to demonstrate the most easy proposition in the mathematics. Gulliver's Travels by Swift, Jonathan View in context `Perhaps not,' Alice cautiously replied: `but I know I have to beat time when I learn music. Alice's Adventures In Wonderland by Carroll, Lewis View in context Hither she had been led by two of her disguised ravishers, and on being thrust into the little cell, she found herself in the presence of an old sibyl, who kept murmuring to herself a Saxon rhyme, as if to beat time to the revolving dance which her spindle was performing upon the floor. Ivanhoe by Scott, Sir Walter View in context			To bear down upon To bear in hand To bear in mind To bear in with To bear off To bear one hard To bear out To bear the bell To bear up To bear up to To bear upon To bear with To beat a parley To beat about To beat about the bush To beat down To beat into To beat off To beat out To beat out of To beat the dust To beat the hoof To beat the rap To beat the record To beat the wing To beat time To beat to a mummy To beat up To beat up and down To beat up for recruits To become of To beg (one) for a fool To beg the question to begin with To believe in To believe on To bell the cat To bend the brow To bid beads To bid defiance To bid defiance to To bid fair To bid welcome To bide tryst To bill and coo To bind over To bind to To bind up in To bite in To bite the dust To bite the ground			To bear off To bear one hard To bear out To bear the bell To bear up To bear up to To bear upon To bear with To beat a parley To beat about To beat about the bush to beat all to beat all to beat all to beat all To beat down To beat into To beat off To beat out To beat out of to beat the band to beat the band to beat the band to beat the band to beat the band To beat the dust To beat the hoof To beat the rap To beat the record To beat the wing To beat time To beat to a mummy To beat up To beat up and down To beat up for recruits To become of To beg (one) for a fool To beg the question to begin with to begin with to begin with To believe in To believe on To bell the cat To bend the brow To bid beads To bid defiance To bid defiance to To bid fair To bid welcome To bide tryst To bill and coo To bind over To bind to To bind up in To bite in To bite the dust

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