#battre

The verbs battre (to hit, beat) and mettre (to put) have stems in in the sound /t/ in spoken french. Represented in the written language by tt. this /t/ drops in the singular in speech, but a single t appears in the written language. 

Battre (to beat, hit) 

bats---- battons

bats ----- battez

bat ---- battent

Mettre (to put)

mets ---- mettons

mets ---- mettez

met ---- mettent

Compounds of these verbs are conjugated the same way:

abattre (to knock down)

combattre (to fight)

débattre (to debate)

rebattre (to hit again)

commettre (to commit)

omettre (to omit)

permettre (to permit)

remettre (to hand in)

soumettre (to submit)

➡ Expressions with Battre

battre des mains (to clap hands)

battre des œufs (to beat eggs)

battre du tambour (to beat the drum)

battre l’autre équipe (to beat the other team)

battre les cartes (to shuffle cards)

battre un enfant (to hit a child)

➡ Expressions with mettre

mettre de l’argent à côte  (to put some money aside)

mettre la famille avant tout (to put the family first)

mettre la table (set the table)

mettre la télé (to turn on the TV)

mettre qqn à la porte (to fire someone)