His wonderful performance will be 'hard/tough to beat'. = His wonderful performance will 'take some beating'. [=it will be difficult for anyone to do better than his wonderful performance]
He's been 'beating himself up' [=he has been harshly blaming or criticizing himself] because of the failure of his marriage.
('US') His favorite way of 'beating the heat' [=remaining cool in hot weather] is to have a couple of cold beers.
(..) herself to tell you today. I mean, she couldn't tell me, either, really. I mean, there was a lot of hemming and hawing... ...and beating around the bush... Okay, what...? Tell us what? Well... There was a lot of... ...business phraseology being tossed around. (..)2009 TvShow: Breaking Bad Title: Peekaboo Season: 2 Episode 6