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beating the crowd

beating the crowd is the present participle and gerund of beat the crowd.

Meaning of beat the crowd

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

Questions about beating the crowd

What is beating the crowd the present participle and gerund of?
Beating the crowd is the present participle and gerund of beat the crowd.

Words near beating the crowd in the dictionary

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

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