beat out
verb
beat out; beaten out or beat out; beating out; beats out
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
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Grow a Garden, created by a 16-year-old in a few days, has shattered records for the most concurrent players of any game in history, beating out video games that take years and millions of dollars to develop.
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Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 31 July 2025
The University of Kansas Hospital was named the top regional hospital in the Sunflower State, beating out Stormont Vail Hospital in Topeka.
—Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 30 July 2025
The deal is one of the largest this decade, beating out Microsoft’s $69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard and Broadcom’s $61 billion deal for VMware.
—Rohan Goswami, semafor.com, 29 July 2025
With an influx of new models arriving in market, Cadillac is wearing the crown as America's top-selling luxury electric vehicle company, beating out the likes of Audi, BMW and Mercedes-Benz.
—Eileen Falkenberg-Hull, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 July 2025
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Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 31 July 2025
The University of Kansas Hospital was named the top regional hospital in the Sunflower State, beating out Stormont Vail Hospital in Topeka.
—Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 30 July 2025
The deal is one of the largest this decade, beating out Microsoft’s $69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard and Broadcom’s $61 billion deal for VMware.
—Rohan Goswami, semafor.com, 29 July 2025
With an influx of new models arriving in market, Cadillac is wearing the crown as America's top-selling luxury electric vehicle company, beating out the likes of Audi, BMW and Mercedes-Benz.
—Eileen Falkenberg-Hull, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 July 2025
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“Beat out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/beat%20out. Accessed 3 Aug. 2025.
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