beats me

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"If I say to Paddy, 'I'm the best at snakes and ladders', he's going to be playing snakes and ladders for eight hours until he beats me," says Rimmer.

From BBC • Jan. 23, 2026

So I got a trainer — his name is Robbie Egan — and Robbie comes to my house at 5 o’clock in the morning before I start work and beats me up.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 21, 2026

“He beats me some reps, I get him some reps. That’s what it’s all about, that’s the name of the game — getting better,” Neal said.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 30, 2022

“Who is Ibai? I called Agüero for an interview, but Ibai beats me, and if Ibai beats me, I have to retire,” the Argentine announcer Gustavo López said.

From New York Times • Sep. 15, 2021

And every time Bernabe drove over those twelve white stripes, he flinched and, shaking his head, muttered to himself: “It beats me how a handful of white stripes can fool cows like that.”

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols