Cambridge Dictionaries online Cambridge Dictionaries online

The most popular online dictionary and thesaurus for learners of English

  

beat sb out

mainly US phrasal verb with beat
 
 
/biːt/ verb (beat, beaten or US also beat)

Definition

to defeat someone or do better than them in a competition, sport, or business: They beat out several other rivals for the contract.Winning and defeatingScoring, winning and losing in sport
(Definition of beat sb out from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

Word of the Day

everything under the sun

everything that exists or is possible

Word of the Day

Blog

Read our blog about how the English language behaves.

Learn More

New Words

Find words and meanings that have just started to be used in English, and let us know what you think of them.

Learn More