match beat for beat

verb

To match identically

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Meanings

verbmatch beat for beat (third-person singular simple present matches beat for beat, present participle matching beat for beat, simple past and past participle matched beat for beat)

present singular third person matches beat for beat · participle present matching beat for beat · participle past matched beat for beat · past matched beat for beat

  1. To match identically

    Her banter with Cruise comes with wily amusement. She’s not intimidated by him; in fact, she matches him beat for beat and when the action moves to that long car chase scene she actually outmaneuvers him.

    2023 July 5, Murtada Elfadl, “Mission: Impossible—Dead Reckoning Part One review: Tom Cruise runs, jumps, and delivers again”, in AV Club
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APA

match beat for beat. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/match%20beat%20for%20beat

MLA

“match beat for beat.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/match%20beat%20for%20beat. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “match beat for beat,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/match%20beat%20for%20beat.

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