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

Lidl beat out Aldi and Walmart by 44 cents and 60 cents, respectively. —Charlotte Observer, 13 Jan. 2026

Last year, the French federation of e-commerce operators, known by the acronym Fevad, ranked Aroma-Zone as France’s number-one e-commerce site, beating out Amazon, according to feedback from the public. —Jennifer Weil, Footwear News, 13 Jan. 2026

With her win, Poehler's Good Hang with Amy Poehler beat out Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard, Call Her Daddy, The Mel Robbins Podcast, Up First and SmartLess, the last of which is co-hosted by her ex and fellow comedian Will Arnett. —Brenton Blanchet, PEOPLE, 12 Jan. 2026

Emmy winner Poehler, 54, beat out her ex-husband Arnett, who presented with his podcast co-hosts Bateman, and Hayes. —Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 12 Jan. 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