Meaning of beat hollow | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To beat up (a person) severely.
   transitive
2. To defeat severely.
   figuratively, transitive

Examples

“"The Raven" has had a great run ... but I wrote it for the express purpose of running — just as I did "The Gold-Bug" ... the bird beat the bug, though, all hollow.”

“The more civilized so-called Caucasian races have beaten the Turks hollow in the struggle for existence.”

“[…] and every night we had a game of chess, at which he beat me hollow.”

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