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Verb: beat out  beet awt
  1. Come out better in a competition, race, or conflict; defeat thoroughly
    "Our team beat out the competition in the finals";
    - beat, crush, shell [US], trounce, vanquish
     
  2. Beat out a rhythm
    "She beat out the melody on the table";
    - tap out, thump out

Derived forms: beaten out, beat out, beating out, beats out

Type of: beat, exceed, outdo, outgo [archaic], outmatch, outperform, outstrip, surmount, surpass