Meaning of beat into fits | Babel Free

Definitions

To surpass or defeat utterly.

slang, transitive

Examples

“I do not mean to say Sir Hercules could in a walk carry as much flour as a miller's horse; but he would beat him into fits, and bring him to a stand still, with 17st. on each of their backs in a gallop […]”

“We shall be beaten into fits, for the child plays like an angel, as she does everything, and I am only a clumsy little imp, as you know.”

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