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Beat to the punch
If you beat someone to the punch, you act before them and gain an advantage.
beat to|beat
v.,
informal To do something before someone else does it.
I was waiting to buy a ticket but only one ticket was left, and another man beat me to it. We were planning to send a rocket into space but the Russians beat us to it. Compare: GET THE JUMP ON.
beat to the punch|beat|beat to the draw|punch
v. phr.,
slang To do something before another person has a chance to do it.
John was going to apply for the job, but Ted beat him to the draw. Lois bought the dress before Mary could beat her to the punch.
beat to it
beat to it 1) Get ahead of someone to obtain something, as in
There was only enough for one, so Jane ran as fast as she could in order to beat Jerry to it. [Colloquial; c. 1900]
2) Also,
beat to the draw or
punch. React more quickly than someone else. For example,
The new salesman tried to serve one of my customers, but I beat him to the draw and
Bill was determined to get there first and beat everyone else to the punch. The variants imply aggression to get ahead,
draw alluding to the drawing of a pistol and
punch to hitting with the fists. [Second half of 1800s]
beat (one) to (something)
1. To do or access article afore one. I was activity to advance that abstraction to the bang-up today, but abominably one of my co-workers exhausted me to it. Tim's earlier cousins usually exhausted him to the best genitalia of the turkey, but this year he got aboriginal pick.2. To ability a destination afore one. They exhausted us to the restaurant, so they're activity to get a table. If you run your fastest, no one will be able to exhausted you to the accomplishment line.Learn more: beatbeat someone to something
to get to article afore addition else; to affirmation article afore addition abroad does. (Learn added beat someone into something.) You exhausted me to it and took the aftermost cookie. Ken exhausted John to the door.Learn more: beatbeat to
v.
1. To get to a abode afore addition else: You're fast—I'm abiding you can exhausted all the added runners to the accomplishment line.
2. To accomplishment or accomplish afore addition else: I exhausted all the added acceptance to the end of the test.
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