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Beat A Cheat Crossword Clue

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verb

• outdo someone in trickery

• beat through cleverness and wit

27%11 Accenting a weak beat instead of a strong beat
noun

• (phonology) the loss of sounds from within a word (as in `fo'c'sle' for `forecastle')

• a musical rhythm accenting a normally weak beat

• music (especially dance music) that has a syncopated rhythm

27%10 Pertaining to the weak beat that precedes the first strong beat in a musical measure
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