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

The New Orleans Saints' Tyler Shough got beat out by Spencer Rattler, so that's less than promising. —Jim Reineking, USA Today, 29 Aug. 2025

Charlotte leads the 25 largest office markets in office job growth, according to Yardi, beating out cities such as Atlanta, Miami and Seattle. —Desiree Mathurin, Charlotte Observer, 29 Aug. 2025

Among others, McGrew and Sterlin beat out experienced safeties/transfers Demetrius Hill (Illinois) and Websley Ettiene (Arkansas State). —Walter Villa, Miami Herald, 28 Aug. 2025

Daniel Jones beat out Anthony Richardson for the starting job, which doesn't exactly spell great news for the Colts this year. —Matthew Schmidt, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Aug. 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