beat out

verb

beat out; beaten out or beat out; beating out; beats out

transitive verb

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

Examples of beat out in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Bella Cortes beat out an infield single for Providence (24-7). —Tony Baranek, Chicago Tribune, 14 May 2026

Surprising only comes from a group of writers, huddled in a corner, beating themselves up to beat out a better joke. —Ben Travers, IndieWire, 11 May 2026

In one of the big surprises of the evening, the leading actress award went to Narges Rashidi for Prisoner 951, who beat out a who’s who of British talent. —Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 10 May 2026

Masyn Winn lined a single through the middle and Nathan Church beat out a chopper to the right side against Canning, who had allowed a pair of singles through the first four innings. —Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 May 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1588, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for beat out

• about
• bailout
• blackout
• blowout
• breakout
• burnout
• buyout
• checkout
• closeout
• cutout
• devout
• dropout