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Phrase(s): beat something into something
to beat or whip something with a utensil, until it changes into something else. • Beat the white of the egg into stiff peaks. • Beat the batter into a smooth consistency., Phrase(s): beat someone into something
Fig. to beat a person until the person turns into a particular physical state, such as a pulp, a mess, etc. • Fred threatened to beat Mike into a pulp if he didn’t do as he was asked. • Mike beat Fred into a bloody mess., Phrase(s): beat something into someone [and] beat something in
Fig. to use physical abuse to get someone to learn something; to work very hard to get someone to learn something. (Beating something into someone or someone’s head.) • Do I have to beat this into your head? Why can’t you learn? • Why do I have to beat in this information? • Can’t you learn by yourself ? Does someone have to beat it in?, Phrase(s): beat someone into (doing) something
to beat a person until the person agrees to do something or to assume a particular attitude. • They had to beat John into submission before he gave up. • Max threatened to beat Lefty into helping him rob the candy store.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs