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to beat off
01
to pass the time without doing anything important or productive
Grammatical Information
Composition
phrasal
Action verb
Regular
Inseparable
Particle
off
Base verb
beat
Present tense
beat off
3rd person singular
beats off
Present participle
beating off
Past simple
beat off
Past participle
beaten off
Examples
He admitted to sometimes beating off by simply staring out the window.
