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

Hollis beat out Pope and decided to take Vince Panaro to the Final 2 with her. —Dina Kaur, AZCentral.com, 29 Sep. 2025

The Buffaloes also made waves by beating out TCU for former North Crowley star Quentin Gibson. —Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Sep. 2025

Sanchez beat out runner up, freestyle rapper Chris Turner, and walks away with the title of AGT champion, as well as the $1 million grand prize. —Joelle Goldstein, PEOPLE, 25 Sep. 2025

Ceddanne Rafaela kept the line moving with a single, but while Nathaniel Lowe was able to beat out a potential double play ball to extend the inning, Scherzer finally escaped after drawing a pop-out in foul territory from Wilyer Abreu. —Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 25 Sep. 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