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Idioms and Phrases

Hesitate momentarily, out of embarrassment or confusion. This expression is most often used in a negative context, as in He sidestepped the reporter's probe into his personal life without missing a beat , or Not missing a beat, she outlined all the reasons for her decision . This expression alludes to the regular beat of musical time. [Mid-1900s]

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Coach Charles Solomon said in the morning, “We played great, like we didn’t miss a beat. We had 12 threes. I asked them, ‘Do you want me to make up all the games we missed even if it means playing twice in a day?

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Van Halen didn’t miss a beat, recruiting Sammy Hagar as its lead singer and producing a series of multiplatinum records.

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Herbert, benefiting from a week of recovery for his sprained right ankle, didn’t miss a beat as the formerly run-heavy offense finally found a groove through the air.

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“When he came back, it’s like he didn’t miss a beat,” receiver Derius Davis said.

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“He didn’t miss a beat. I can’t believe he had such self-awareness and consciousness to continue to campaign while he’s being hauled off,” said Joan Hoff, a Montana State University history professor and former director of the Center for the Study of the Presidency in New York.

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