| 释义 |
beat someone to itSucceed in doing something or getting somewhere before someone else: you’d better get a move on or they’ll beat you to it...- She knew how I felt about succeeding in my challenge, and she wanted to beat me to it.
- He and five of his colleagues reached the Pole only to discover that they had been beaten to it by Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen.
- You better put in for that time off from the job now, before somebody else beats you to it.
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