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beats to

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

What is beats to the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Beats to is the third-person singular simple present indicative of beat to.

Words near beats to in the dictionary

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

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