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

Joe Cotton, Cincinnati Breakdown: The Bearcats had to beat out a number of challengers to land Cotton from South Dakota. —Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 May 2025

Reckoning and then beat out 2023’s Top Gun: Maverick as the holiday’s top opener of all time. —Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 27 May 2025

The collection opens at No. 21, narrowly beating out the No. 25 peak of Kick, which debuted and peaked in November 2017. —Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 23 May 2025

George, Hudson and Muhammad will need to beat out some veterans to earn spots on the roster, but Moore is optimistic about the competition that is brewing as the team gets ready for organized team activities later this month. —Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 19 May 2025

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