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to beat out
to beat out
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1. To trace out a path by treading it first, to lead the way (cf. 3).
2. To knock or force or shape out by beating (cf. 15).
3. To drive out by force or fighting (cf. 16).
4. To hammer out into a bulge, to extend by hammering (see 21).
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5. To thresh (corn).
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6. To work out or get to the bottom of (a matter, laboriously), to ‘hammer’ out.
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7. (in U.S.) To overpower completely, to exhaust.
8. To measure out by beats (cf. 33).
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the world > time > instruments for measuring time > clock > [verb (transitive)] > measure out by beats
click1826
to beat out1850
1577 H. I. tr. H. Bullinger 50 Godlie Serm. II. iii. iii. sig. Cc.vii/1 To beate out the causes of these calamities.
1606 G. W. tr. Justinus Hist. 14 a Themystocles..began to beat out what they intended.
1611 Bible (King James) Ruth ii. 17 So she gleaned in the field vntill euen, and beat out [1388 Wyclif beet with a ȝerde, and schook out; Coverd. shaked out] that she had gleaned. View more context for this quotation
1612 J. Brinsley Ludus Lit. xxi. 244 The..labours of others which beat out the..sense of euery word & phrase.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) iv. iii. 52 They shall beat out my braines with billets. View more context for this quotation
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost xi. 446 A stone That beat out life. View more context for this quotation
1667 Sir R. Moray in O. Airy Lauderdale Papers (1885) II. 42 Wee beat out the bottom of the matter.
1672 W. Lloyd Serm. Funeral Bp. of Chester 27 Sometimes beating out new untravell'd ways, sometimes repairing those that had been beaten already.
1733 H. Fielding Miser (London ed.) v. iv. 73 I'll beat out your Brains.
1780 G. Clinton in J. Sparks Corr. Amer. Revol. (1853) III. 132 They were so beat out with fatigue.
1850 Ld. Tennyson In Memoriam ii. 2 The clock Beats out the little lives of men. View more context for this quotation
9. U.S. colloquial. To defraud (a person or institution) of money, etc. by deception, blackmail, or other dishonest means (cf. 10d).
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the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > defrauding or swindling > perpetrate (a swindle) [verb (transitive)] > defraud or swindle > out of something
beguile1394
wrongc1484
delude1493
licka1500
to wipe a person's nose1577
uncle1585
cheat1597
cozen1602
to bob of1605
to bob out of1605
gull1612
foola1616
to set in the nick1616
to worm (a person) out of1617
shuffle1627
to baffle out of1652
chouse1654
trepan1662
bubble1668
trick1698
to bamboozle out of1705
fling1749
jockey1772
swindle1780
twiddle1825
to diddle out of1829
nig1829
to chisel out of1848
to beat out1851
nobble1852
duff1863
flim-flam1890
1851 Oquawka (Illinois) Spectator 5 Feb. 1/7 He then went to Cincinnati where he beat another man out of $12.
1904 Columbus (Ohio) Evening Dispatch 29 June 4 The..people who try to beat the street car conductors out of their fare.
1929 W. Faulkner Sound & Fury 255 I reckon you'll know now that you cant beat me out of a job.
1944 E. M. Kahn Cable Car Days 82 One never attempted to ‘beat’ the conductor out of his fare.
10. North American colloquial. To get ahead of or prevail over (another), esp. in competition; to anticipate, improve upon (cf. 10a).
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the world > time > relative time > the past > antecedence or being earlier > precede or come before [verb (transitive)] > anticipate or forestall
before-takea1382
preventc1425
devance1485
prevenea1500
lurch1530
to take before the bounda1556
to be aforehand with1570
to be beforehand with1574
to meet halfwaya1586
preoccupate1588
forestall1589
fore-run1591
surprise1591
antedate1595
foreprise1597
preoccupy1607
preoccupy1638
pre-act1655
anticipatea1682
obviate1712
to head off1841
beat1847
to beat out1893
pre-empt1957
the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > mastery or superiority > have or gain mastery or superiority over [verb (transitive)] > overcome or defeat
shendc893
overwinOE
overheaveOE
mate?c1225
to say checkmatea1346
vanquishc1366
stightlea1375
outrayc1390
to put undera1393
forbeat1393
to shave (a person's) beardc1412
to put to (also at, unto) the (also one's) worsec1425
adawc1440
supprisec1440
to knock downc1450
to put to the worsta1475
waurc1475
convanquish1483
to put out1485
trima1529
convince1548
foil1548
whip1571
evict1596
superate1598
reduce1605
convict1607
defail1608
cast1610
banga1616
evince1620
worst1646
conquer1655
cuffa1657
trounce1657
to ride down1670
outdo1677
routa1704
lurcha1716
fling1790
bowl1793
lick1800
beat1801
mill1810
to row (someone) up Salt River1828
defeat1830
sack1830
skunk1832
whop1836
pip1838
throw1850
to clean out1858
take1864
wallop1865
to sock it to1877
whack1877
to clean up1888
to beat out1893
to see off1919
to lower the boom on1920
tonk1926
clobber1944
ace1950
to run into the ground1955
the world > action or operation > prosperity > advancement or progress > outdoing or surpassing > outdo or surpass [verb (transitive)] > surpass what has been done or exists
mendc1330
surpass1593
cap1821
trump1860
to beat out1985
1893 Outing May 155/2 The act of starting consisted in beating out the pistol.
1903 A. D. McFaul Ike Glidden xxii. 190 Since I have driven him I've become satisfied that he can beat out any horse in the State.
1970 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 28 Sept. 22/4 Revson..easily beat out Ferrari's Jim Adams for third place.
1985 Sci. Amer. June 112/3 This arrangement gives an overhang approximately 1.1679 times a domino's long dimension, barely beating out the previous arrangement.
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