beat the odds

: to strike repeatedly:

: to hit repeatedly so as to inflict pain

: to walk on : tread

: a single stroke or blow especially in a series

: a sound produced by or as if by beating (see ¹beat)

: a driving impact or force

: being in a state of exhaustion : exhausted

: sapped of resolution or morale

: of, relating to, or being beatniks

: beatnik

: inequalities

: degree of unlikeness

: an amount by which one thing exceeds or falls short of another