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Anonymous Posted 19 years ago
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you can't beat that up

0 "Booking a room marked as a Special Internet Rate gives you 02br
00 both savings and security. You can't beat that."02br
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00 What does 'you can't beat that' mean in this context?02br
00 'You can't miss it' or something like that?0-
  

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0Hi,02br 02br 01font 00"Booking a room marked as a Special Internet Rate gives you both savings and security. "02br 02br 00What does 'you can't beat that' mean in this context? 02font 02br 02br 00It means that you can't find a better deal than that.

  • 0Hi,02br 02br 01font 00"Booking a room marked as a Special Internet Rate gives you both savings and security.
  • "02br 02br 00What does 'you can't beat that' mean in this context?
  • 02font 02br 02br 00It means that you can't find a better deal than that.
  • 02br 02br 01font 00Best wishes, Clive02br 02font 0-
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0Hi,02br
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01font00"Booking a room marked as a Special Internet Rate gives you both savings and security. You can't beat that."02br
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00What does 'you can't beat that' mean in this context? 'You can't miss it' or something like that?02font
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00It means that you can't find a better deal t
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0 Just a side note - the thread title was "You can't beat that 01b00up02b00," but your post (and the expression) doesn't have the "up." 0-
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0 The thread title is a typo, sorry.02br
00 I wanted to ask about '"you can't beat that".02br
00 By the way, is there any difference between 'you can't beat that' and 'you can't beat that up'?0-
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0"You can't beat that" is an idiom, with the meaning described above. ("What a good bargain!")02br
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00To "beat someone up" is to use your fists or perhaps a weapon and injure that person rather severely. (It's also used figuratively - like you leave a meeting with your boss and say "I really got beat up in there" referring to your ideas or your job performanc, not that yo

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