beat_out has definitions from the field of music
1
[ verb ] come out better in a competition, race, or conflict

Examples

"Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship" "We beat the competition" "Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game"

Used in print

(Rocky Mountains News, [Denver, Colorado],...)

The Twins tied the score in the sixth inning when Reno_Bertoia beat_out a high chopper to third_base and scored on Lenny_Green 's double to left .

2
[ verb ] (music) beat out a rhythm

Synonyms

thump_out tap_out

Related terms

beat

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