beat off with a stick (English, verb)
expansion: beat off with a stick (third-person singular simple present beats off with a stick, present participle beating off with a stick, simple past beat off with a stick, past participle beaten off with a stick)
Senses:
glosses: To reject (a person making an unwanted amorous approach).
tags: idiomatic
informal
transitive
Forms:
form: beats off with a stick
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: beating off with a stick
tags: participle
present
form: beat off with a stick
tags: past
form: beaten off with a stick
tags: participle
past