Beating others’ time with their girlfriend?

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florazheng1015

#539661 Fri, 11 Jul 08 03:40 AM

He is strange. He doesn't go steady with any girl, but enjoys beating others’ time with their girlfriend.

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Hi! Would someone else tell what " beating other's time with sb" mean?

By the way, is here a function for "quote" in the post? I cannot find it.

Thank you!

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Mr Wordy

#539673 Fri, 11 Jul 08 04:20 AM

I've never heard this expression. Do you have a source for it? Did it come from a native speaker? To me it sounds like an idiom that's been translated literally from another language, and means nothing in English.

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florazheng1015

#539677 Fri, 11 Jul 08 04:33 AM

Mr Wordy

I've never heard this expression. Do you have a source for it? Did it come from a native speaker? To me it sounds like an idiom that's been translated literally from another language, and means nothing in English.

Hello Mr Wordy,

Thank you for your reply! It is from a Chinese-based English learning webpage which states the phrase is an English idiom but I can not find its other application via google search.

As to quote, I refer to whether there's a function for quoting the context which I offer along with my question.

Best Regards!