kick the beam: meaning & examples

Meanings:

• 1.

  historicalchiefly Britishliteraryrarearchival
  • To come into conflict with or be shown to contradict or undermine an assertion, theory, or appearance when tested or compared with evidence.
  • To expose a discrepancy or to cause an idea or claim to fail under scrutiny.

  Examples

  Beta

  • The new evidence kicked the beam of the original theory, proving it wrong.

    La nueva evidencia contradijo la teoría original, demostrando que estaba equivocada.

  • When the witness testimony kicked the beam, the lawyer had to rethink the case.

    Cuando el testimonio del testigo contradijo la versión, el abogado tuvo que replantear el caso.

  • His alibi kicked the beam of the prosecution’s timeline and created reasonable doubt.

    Su coartada contradijo la cronología de la fiscalía y generó duda razonable.