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Verb

beat time (third-person singular simple present beats time, present participle beating time, simple past beat time, past participle beaten time or beat time)

(music) To measure or regulate time in music by the motion of the hand or foot.

Translations

to measure or regulate time

Chinese:
Mandarin: 打拍子 (zh)
Finnish: lyödä tahtia
French: battre la mesure (fr)
Polish: wybijać rytm impf, wybić rytm pf
Russian: отбивать такт (otbivatʹ takt), отбивать ритм (otbivatʹ ritm)

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