Idiom idiom
beats me
Meaning
I don't know; I have no idea.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“Beats me why she's always late.”
“When they asked who broke the window, I shrugged and said, 'Beats me.'”
“Confronted with the obscure historical reference, even the professor admitted, 'Beats me,' and suggested we look it up together.”
Origin
A shortening of it beats me
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Last updated August 10, 2026