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to beat sb with a stick

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  • stick to beat someone with — (or stick with which to beat someone) Brit informal : something that is used to attack or punish someone or to make an attack or punishment seem reasonable or right The fee is just another stick with which to beat the unions. These charges have… …   Useful english dictionary

  • (a) stick to beat someone with — a stick to beat someone with formal phrase a piece of information or an argument that can be used for criticizing or punishing someone This report is being used as yet another stick to beat nurses with. Thesaurus: general words for information,… …   Useful english dictionary

  • a stick to beat someone with — formal a piece of information or an argument that can be used for criticizing or punishing someone This report is being used as yet another stick to beat nurses with …   English dictionary

  • (a) stick to beat somebody with — a rod/stick to ˈbeat sb with idiom a fact, an argument, etc. that is used in order to blame or punish sb Main entry: ↑beatidiom …   Useful english dictionary

  • (a) rod to beat somebody with — a rod/stick to ˈbeat sb with idiom a fact, an argument, etc. that is used in order to blame or punish sb Main entry: ↑beatidiom …   Useful english dictionary

  • beat — [[t]bi͟ːt[/t]] ♦ beats, beating, beaten (The form beat is used in the present tense and is the past tense.) 1) VERB If you beat someone or something, you hit them very hard. [V n] My wife tried to stop them and they beat her... [V n to n] They… …   English dictionary

  • stick — I noun 1) a fire made of sticks Syn: piece of wood, twig, small branch 2) he walks with a stick Syn: walking stick, cane, staff, alpenstock, crook, crutch 3) the plants need supporting …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • stick — I noun 1) a fire made of sticks Syn: branch, twig 2) he walks with a stick Syn: walking stick, cane, staff, crutch 3) the plants need supporting on sticks Syn …   Synonyms and antonyms dictionary

  • beat — [bēt] vt. beat, beaten, beating [ME beten < OE beatan < IE * bhaut < base * bhau , * bhū , to strike, beat > BEETLE2, BUTT1 & BUTT2, L fustis, a club] 1. to …   English World dictionary

  • (a) stick to beat someone with — a stick to beat (someone/something) with British something that gives you an excuse for criticizing someone or something that you do not like or approve of. As far as the opposition are concerned, the slightest hint of scandal is yet another… …   New idioms dictionary

  • (a) stick to beat something with — a stick to beat (someone/something) with British something that gives you an excuse for criticizing someone or something that you do not like or approve of. As far as the opposition are concerned, the slightest hint of scandal is yet another… …   New idioms dictionary

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