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单词 to beat a person to the punch
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to beat a person to the punch
i. to beat a person to the punch: (Boxing) to land a blow before one's opponent does; also in extended use, to anticipate or forestall a person's speech or action.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > boxing > box [verb (transitive)] > actions
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the world > time > relative time > the past > antecedence or being earlier > occur earlier or go before [verb (intransitive)] > act in advance or anticipate > anticipate someone
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to beat a person to the punch1965
1923 H. C. Witwer Fighting Blood vii. 226 I beat Hanley to the punch..and he went down on his haunches.
1965 Listener 1 July 6/1 The tracking station at Plumeur Bodou is the place that so exultantly beat Britain to the punch in getting the first pictures from America via the satellite Telstar.
1977 Sunday Times 3 July 28/3 I feel a batsman uses it as he thinks he will beat a fast bowler to the punch.
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