beat to
English
Etymology
Shortening of beat to the punch.
Verb
beat to (third-person singular simple present beats to, present participle beating to, simple past beat to, past participle beaten to)
- (transitive) To arrive (somewhere) more quickly (than someone else); to succeed (at something) more quickly (than someone else).
- You beat me to it!
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