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BEAT OUT
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Come out better in a competition, race, or conflict
Example:
Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game
Synonyms:
beat; beat out; crush; shell; trounce; vanquish
Classified under:
Verbs of fighting, athletic activities
Hypernyms (to "beat out" is one way to...):
defeat; get the better of; overcome (win a victory over)
"Beat out" entails doing...:
win (be the winner in a contest or competition; be victorious)
Verb group:
beat; circumvent; outfox; outsmart; outwit; overreach (beat through cleverness and wit)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "beat out"):
bat; clobber; cream; drub; lick; thrash (beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight)
outplay (excel or defeat in a game)
immobilise; immobilize (make defenseless)
checkmate; mate (place an opponent's king under an attack from which it cannot escape and thus ending the game)
overmaster; overpower; overwhelm (overcome by superior force)
outfight (to fight better than; get the better of)
best; outdo; outflank; scoop; trump (get the better of)
get over; master; overcome; subdue; surmount (get on top of; deal with successfully)
exceed; outdo; outgo; outmatch; outperform; outstrip; surmount; surpass (be or do something to a greater degree)
cheat; chicane; chouse; jockey; screw; shaft (defeat someone through trickery or deceit)
get the jump (be there first)
rout; spread-eagle; spreadeagle (defeat disastrously)
get the best; have the best; overcome (overcome, usually through no fault or weakness of the person that is overcome)
whomp (beat overwhelmingly)
mop up; pip; rack up; whip; worst (defeat thoroughly)
eliminate (remove from a contest or race)
walk over (beat easily)
outpoint; outscore (score more points than one's opponents)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Sentence example:
The fighter managed to beat out his opponent
Sense 2
Meaning:
Beat out a rhythm
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "beat out" is one way to...):
beat (indicate by beating, as with the fingers or drumsticks)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
