Meaning of beat off with a stick | Babel Free

Definitions

To reject (a person making an unwanted amorous approach).

idiomatic, informal, transitive

Examples

“I mentioned that while pictures from my teens and twenties showed I was pretty cute, somehow I'd never attracted many guys, while my (no-less-adorable) kid sister had to beat them off with a stick.”

“After about sixteen weeks, Clemmie obviously took a swim in a hormone bath because suddenly she was all over me like a rash that no ointment could cure – I couldn't beat her off with a stick so we had sex.”

“He probably had more women than he could beat off with a stick. His kind always did.”

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