Verb: beat out beet awt
- 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
- 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