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

Barber, a Missouri native who calls Bozeman, Montana, home, was named Breakthrough Country Artist at the 2026 American Music Awards, beating out Tucker Wetmore, the ACM Awards’ New Male Artist of the Year; and Zach Top, the CMAs’ New Artist of the Year for 2025. —Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 26 May 2026

Jackson Holliday reached on a single in the fifth and advanced to second after Gunnar Henderson beat out a throw to first base. —ABC News, 26 May 2026

The group beat out popular artists Bad Bunny, Bruno Mars, Taylor Swift, Harry Styles, Lady Gaga, Justin Bieber, Kendrick Lamar, Morgan Wallen, and Sabrina Carpenter for Artist of the Year. —Laura Sirikul, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026

Spencer Steer had three RBIs for Cincinnati, which beat out the Mets for a playoff spot on the last day of the 2025 season. —CBS News, 25 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