Beat out

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To sound a rhythm on a percussion instrument such as a drum.

    "The drummer beat out a steady slow march."

  2. 2
    come out better in a competition, race, or conflict wordnet
  3. 3
    To extinguish.

    "He managed to beat the flames out with a blanket."

  4. 4
    beat out a rhythm wordnet
  5. 5
    To defeat by a narrow margin. US

    "She beat out three other contenders to claim the prize."

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  1. 6
    To work out fully.
  2. 7
    To make gold or silver leaf out of solid metal.
  3. 8
    To bash a hole in.
  4. 9
    To reach base after a bunt or groundball.

    "I then made another ſign that I wanted Drink. They found by my eating, that a ſmall Quantity would not ſuffice me, and being a moſt ingenious People, they flung up with great dexterity one of their largeſt Hogſheads, then rolled it towards my Hand, and beat out the top; I drank it off at a Draught, which I might well do, for it did not hold half a pint, and taſted like a ſmall Wine of Burgundy, but much more delicious."

  5. 10
    Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see beat, out.

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