beat (someone or something) all hollow



beat (someone or something) all hollow

To totally outdo or defeat (someone or something). Primarily heard in UK, Australia. A: "Did you guys win today?" B: "We sure did! We beat them all hollow: 10-0!" I worked so hard on this project and beat it all hollow—everyone else's looked so bad compared to mine!
See also: all, beat, hollow

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Metushelach-Biblical Hebrew
MaikeMIE-kə (German)Frisian, German
Octaviaahk-TAYV-ee-ə (English)English, Spanish, Ancient Roman
Li (2)-Hebrew
Satisha-Hinduism
MichaelMIE-kəl (English), MI-khah-el (German), MEE-kah-el (Swedish, Norwegian, Danish)English, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch, Czech, Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek