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Taken literally, ‘beating someone’ can mean physically hitting them; but it can also mean ‘verbally criticizing or abusing them’ in order to gain their support or agreement. ‘Submission’ is often agreeing to do something that one might otherwise refuse to do. Did you have a particular situation in which you read ‘beat someone into submission’?
- Taken literally, ‘beating someone’ can mean physically hitting them; but it can also mean ‘verbally criticizing or abusing them’ in order to gain their support or agreement.
- ‘Submission’ is often agreeing to do something that one might otherwise refuse to do.
- Did you have a particular situation in which you read ‘beat someone into submission’?
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Taken literally, ‘beating someone’ can mean physically hitting them; but it can also mean ‘verbally criticizing or abusing them’ in order to gain their support or agreement. ‘Submission’ is often agreeing to do something that one might otherwise refuse to do. Did you have a particular situation in which you read ‘beat someone into submission’?
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Then, as GPY commented, Harry was defeated in combat. Despite his wand, he was obliged to submit by their overwhelming force.
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