beat off
Verb
Meaning
(transitive, now often figuratively) To drive something away with blows or military force.
(intransitive, idiomatic, vulgar, colloquial) To waste time.
I beat off at work all day; I didn't get anything done.
(intransitive, idiomatic, vulgar, colloquial, chiefly US, Canada) To masturbate, usually a man of himself.
Synonyms: see Thesaurus:masturbate
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true weanedness from the world don't consist in being beat off from the world by the affliction of it, but a being drawn off by the sight of something better.
(On signing autographs for troops) I'd be writing To Private so and so, love Kathy Griffin and then I'd go "here, think about this when you beat off."
Rwanda, who beat off competition from Senegal, DR Congo and Côte d'Ivoire in the bidding process in June 2019, will become the first East African nation to organise the Afrobasket finals since 1993 when it was played in Kenya.
Maddy (11) of Barrowford, beat off competition from 100 other girls who had auditioned for the role, and she did not even have to attend a casting!
The academician beat off competition from well known and established personalities in the opposition parties.
One defender in particular amused the king greatly—a man standing on the walls, crossbow in one hand, the other clutching a frying pan he had been using all day as a shield to beat off missiles.