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

Devens ultimately won Big Brother in a vote of six to one from the jury, beating out runner-up Taylor Brown. — Mckinley Franklin, HollywoodReporter, 2 Oct. 2026

The 25-year-old just beat out the throw to kick off the six-run rally that was capped off by Cody Bellinger’s three-run blast. — James O'Connell, New York Daily News, 1 Oct. 2026

This was a year most expected the Mariners to run away with the division, but the Astros narrowly beat out the Rangers in the final weekend of the season. — Outkick, FOXNews.com, 29 Sep. 2026

Madonna took home the Moon Person for Artist of the Year at the 2026 MTV Video Music Awards, beating out nominees Ariana Grande, Bruno Mars, Morgan Wallen, Sabrina Carpenter, and Taylor Swift. — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 28 Sep. 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