(idiomatic) To be able to expect or anticipate; to be about to suffer, generally said of something unpleasant.

(military) An area of hostile territory (especially on a beach) that, when captured, serves for the continuous landing (or movement into position) of further troops and material

A group of countercultural American writers who came to prominence in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Their most important works are Jack Kerouac's On the Road (1957), Allen Ginsberg's Howl (1956), and William S. Burroughs' Naked Lunch (1959).

Any of several places in France / An English habitational surname from Old French of Norman origin / Francis Beaufort, British admiral and hydrographer / A dukedom in the English peerage

A type of French cheese originally from Beaufort-sur-Doron.

(nautical) make haste!

(nautical, idiomatic) To make haste; to help quickly (used mostly in the imperative).

(chiefly Britain) Alternative spelling of bugbear

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bear, fruit. / (idiomatic) To succeed in some task; to achieve benefit from a task or project.

(Britain, idiomatic) Synonym of no chance or fat chance with a somewhat more cheerful attitude.