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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Hamilton beat out a bunt to load the bases.
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He was recruited as such, with Todd Hartley beating out Texas to land the Bowdon native.
—Connor Riley, AJC.com, 21 Apr. 2026
Last year, Club name Home Depot beat out QXO to buy building products distributor GMS.
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This beat out other popular countertop materials like quartz, soapstone, and marble.
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CBS News, 21 Apr. 2026
He was recruited as such, with Todd Hartley beating out Texas to land the Bowdon native.
—Connor Riley, AJC.com, 21 Apr. 2026
Last year, Club name Home Depot beat out QXO to buy building products distributor GMS.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 20 Apr. 2026
This beat out other popular countertop materials like quartz, soapstone, and marble.
—Joseph Erbentraut, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for beat out
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“Beat out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/beat%20out. Accessed 25 Apr. 2026.
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