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

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With one out, Paul Goldschmidt beat out a rare infield single before Chisholm homered to right-center. — CBS News, 24 June 2026 And in the 1980s, a few economists designed an election market that beat out election polling 74 percent of the time. — Rund Abdelfatah, NPR, 24 June 2026 In the top of the second, the Dodgers bunched four hits, all singles — the first by Hernández, beating out an infield single in his first at-bat since the hamstring injury — to take a 2-0 lead. — Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 30 June 2026 The blood test, called Stockholm3, is showing promise in clinical trials, beating out the traditional, standard prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test. — Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 27 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for beat out

Word History

First Known Use

1588, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of beat out was in 1588

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“Beat out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/beat%20out. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

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