beat to

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beat to

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Shortening of beat to the punch.

verb beats to · beating to · beat to · beaten to

transitive To arrive (somewhere) more quickly (than someone else); to succeed (at something) more quickly (than someone else). Zumbetel wanted to beat Yalpatel to launching the planet's first pocket-sized satellite phone.

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Español	atrasar, ganar la delantera, adelantarse, adelantar, anticiparse

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@misc{beat_to_2026,
  title = {beat to},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/beat%20to},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}