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beat the crowd

beat the crowd verb: to arrive at a location or complete a task before a large group of people do so.

Verb

beat the crowd (third-person singular simple present beats the crowd, present participle beating the crowd, simple past beat the crowd, past participle beaten the crowd or (colloquial) beat the crowd)

  1. (idiomatic, informal) To arrive at a location or complete a task before a large group of people do so.
    • Dhava beat the crowd to the sweets counter and was back within minutes with two boxes of Black Magic chocolates, which he handed to Sharda.2007, Shunna Pillay, Shadow People, page 134

Forms of beat the crowd

third-person singular presentbeats the crowd
present participlebeating the crowd
pastbeat the crowd
past participlebeaten the crowd
past participle (colloquial)beat the crowd

Questions about beat the crowd

What does beat the crowd mean?
Beat the crowd means to arrive at a location or complete a task before a large group of people do so.
What part of speech is beat the crowd?
Beat the crowd is a verb.
What is the past tense of beat the crowd?
The past tense of beat the crowd is beat the crowd.

Words near beat the crowd in the dictionary

  1. beat the bounds
  2. beat the bushes
  3. beat the clock
  4. beat the cock
  5. beat the crap out of
  6. beat the crowd
  7. beat the daylight out of
  8. beat the daylights out of
  9. beat the drum
  10. beat the drum for
  11. beat the dummy

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