beat out
verb
beat out; beaten out or beat out; beating out; beats out
1
: to make or perform by or as if by beating
2
: to mark or accompany by beating
3
: to turn (a routine ground ball or a bunt) into a hit in baseball by fast running to first base
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The 10-month-old beat out more than 100,000 other cuties to win the title.
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Riley Moser, CBS News, 3 June 2026
One batter later, Oswald Peraza beat out an infield single to load the bases with two outs and Siri followed with his bases-clearing blast.
—Doug Padilla, Oc Register, 2 June 2026
His Buena Vista Social Club premiered at the Berlin Film Festival and the courtly gents from Havana beat out their electrifying rhythms.
—Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 2 June 2026
Osoria, who had four hits on the day in five at-bats, beat out a bunt to load the bases with no outs.
—Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 1 June 2026
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Riley Moser, CBS News, 3 June 2026
One batter later, Oswald Peraza beat out an infield single to load the bases with two outs and Siri followed with his bases-clearing blast.
—Doug Padilla, Oc Register, 2 June 2026
His Buena Vista Social Club premiered at the Berlin Film Festival and the courtly gents from Havana beat out their electrifying rhythms.
—Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 2 June 2026
Osoria, who had four hits on the day in five at-bats, beat out a bunt to load the bases with no outs.
—Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 1 June 2026
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“Beat out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/beat%20out. Accessed 4 Jun. 2026.
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