Beat The RapBeat The Rap : PhrasesMeaning: Avoid punishment for a wrongdoing. Example: He beat the criminal rap but not the civil rap. Origin: This phrase likely originated from another expression take the rap in which rap is slang for punishment - as in a rap on the knuckles. Beat the rap often carries with it the connotation that the miscreant was actually guilty, though acquitted. Phrases Index | ||
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