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beating to

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

Meaning of beat to

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To arrive (somewhere) more quickly (than someone else); to succeed (at something) more quickly (than someone else).
    • Zumbetel wanted to beat Yalpatel to launching the planet's first pocket-sized satellite phone.

Questions about beating to

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

Words near beating to in the dictionary

  1. beating the stuffing out of
  2. beating the system
  3. beating the tar out of
  4. beating the wing
  5. beating time
  6. beating to
  7. beating to a pulp
  8. beating to the punch
  9. beating up
  10. beating up on
  11. beating with the ugly stick

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