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['holəu] 1. adjective1) (having an empty space in it: a hollow tree; Bottles, pipes and tubes are hollow.) drevėtas, tuščiaviduris2) ((of a sound) strangely deep, as if made in something hollow: a hollow voice.) duslus2. noun1) (something hollow: hollows in her cheeks.) įdubimas, duobutė, drevė2) (a small valley; a dip in the ground: You can't see the farm from here because it's in a hollow.) dauba, klonis•- beat hollow
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2 beat hollow
(to beat thoroughly at a game etc: The local team were beaten hollow by eight goals to one on Saturday.) visiškai sumušti
См. также в других словарях:
beat\ all\ hollow — • beat all hollow • beat hollow v. phr. slang To do much better than; to beat very badly. We beat their team all hollow. As a speaker, he beats us all hollow … Словарь американских идиом
beat someone hollow — beat (someone) hollow British & Australian to defeat someone easily and by a large amount. We played my brother s school at football and beat them hollow … New idioms dictionary
beat all hollow — also[beat hollow] {v. phr.}, {slang} To do much better than; to beat very badly. * /We beat their team all hollow./ * /As a speaker, he beats us all hollow./ … Dictionary of American idioms
beat all hollow — also[beat hollow] {v. phr.}, {slang} To do much better than; to beat very badly. * /We beat their team all hollow./ * /As a speaker, he beats us all hollow./ … Dictionary of American idioms
beat all hollow — phrasal see beat hollow … Useful english dictionary
beat someone hollow — defeat someone thoroughly. → hollow … English new terms dictionary
beat someone hollow — TROUNCE, defeat utterly, crush, rout, overwhelm, outclass; informal hammer, clobber, thrash, drub, lick, paste, crucify, slaughter, massacre, flatten, demolish, destroy, annihilate, walk over, wipe the floor with, make mincemeat of; Brit.… … Useful english dictionary
beat\ hollow — • beat all hollow • beat hollow v. phr. slang To do much better than; to beat very badly. We beat their team all hollow. As a speaker, he beats us all hollow … Словарь американских идиом
beat hollow — beat (someone) hollow British & Australian to defeat someone easily and by a large amount. We played my brother s school at football and beat them hollow … New idioms dictionary
hollow — [häl′ō] adj. [ME holwe < OE holh: see HOLE] 1. having an empty space, or only air, within it; having a cavity inside; not solid 2. depressed below the surrounding surface; shaped like a cup or bowl; concave 3. deeply set; sunken [hollow… … English World dictionary
beat hollow — See: BEAT ALL HOLLOW … Dictionary of American idioms