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BEAT ALL or BEAT THE DUTCH, GO DUTCH, IN DUTCH.

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go Dutch

[go Dutch] {v. phr.}, {informal} To go out for fun together but have each person pay for himself. * /High school students often go Dutch to basketball games./ * /Sometimes […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

in Dutch

[in Dutch] {adj. phr.}, {slang} In trouble. * /George got in Dutch with his father when he broke a window./ * /John was in Dutch with his mother because he […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

beat all

[beat all] or [beat the Dutch] {v. phr.}, {informal} To be strange or surprising. * /John found a box full of money buried in his garage. Doesn't that beat all!/ […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

dutch treat

[dutch treat] {n.}, {informal} A meal in a restaurant or an outing at the movies, concert, or theater where each party pays his or her own way. * /"I am […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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