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beats the crowd

beats the crowd is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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

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Beats the crowd is the third-person singular simple present indicative of beat the crowd.

Words near beats the crowd in the dictionary

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

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