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beat the system

beat the system verb: to circumvent rules, regulations, or conventions, usually by finding loopholes.

Verb

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

  1. To circumvent rules, regulations, or conventions, usually by finding loopholes.

Forms of beat the system

third-person singular presentbeats the system
present participlebeating the system
pastbeat the system
past participlebeaten the system

Questions about beat the system

What does beat the system mean?
Beat the system means to circumvent rules, regulations, or conventions, usually by finding loopholes.
What part of speech is beat the system?
Beat the system is a verb.
What is the past tense of beat the system?
The past tense of beat the system is beat the system.

Words near beat the system in the dictionary

  1. beat the pants off
  2. beat the poop out of
  3. beat the rap
  4. beat the shit out of
  5. beat the stuffing out of
  6. beat the system
  7. beat the tar out of
  8. beat the wing
  9. beat time
  10. beat to
  11. beat to a pulp

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