beat to

 Substantivo

Deveno

mallongaĵo de beat to the punch

Verbo

beat to (infinitivo to beat to, tria singulara persono beats to, simpla pasinta beat to, pasiva participo beaten to, aktiva participo beating to)

Signifoj

1. (transitiva) sukcisi pli rapide (ol iu)

Samsencaĵoj

1. (transitiva) To arrive (somewhere) more quickly (than someone else); to succeed (at something) more quickly (than someone else).

   You beat me to it!

   I called my mom. But Keith beat me to it and he told her that I wasn't helpful. In fact, he was hurt and felt ganged up on.

Liter-reordigoj

• tobeat

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