Beat to Meaning in English

expression

US

ˈbit/ /ˈtu/, /tə/, /tɪ

BEET-too, BEET-tuh, BEET-tih

UK

bˈiːt/ /tˈuː

BEET-too

التعريف

To do or reach something before someone else does, often used when you achieve something first or win a race to complete a task.

الاستخدام والفروق الدقيقة

Informal; often used with 'someone' or a person's name: 'beat John to the punch', 'beat you to it'. Usually used for actions, not competitions. Common phrase: 'beat someone to it'.

• Spanish: adelantarse a - ganarle a (en hacer algo)
• Portuguese (BR): se adiantar a - vencer (em fazer algo)
• Portuguese (PT): antecipar-se a - ganhar a (em fazer algo)
• Chinese (Simplified): 抢先于 - 在…之前做到
• Chinese (Traditional): 搶先於 - 在…之前做到
• Hindi: से पहले कर लेना - किसी से आगे निकलना (किसी काम में)
• Arabic: يسبق إلى - يفعل شيئًا قبل (شخص آخر)
• Bengali: আগে করা - কারো আগেই কিছু করা
• Russian: опередить в - сделать раньше кого-то
• Japanese: ～より先にする - 先を越す
• Vietnamese: làm trước - làm gì đó nhanh hơn ai đó
• Korean: ~보다 먼저 하다 - ~보다 앞서다
• Turkish: -den önce yapmak - önce davranmak
• Urdu: سے جلدی کر لینا - کسی کام میں بازی لے جانا
• Indonesian: mendahului - melakukan lebih cepat dari

جمل نموذجية

I beat my friend to the bus stop.

basic

She wanted to answer, but I beat her to it.

basic

You have to be quick if you want to beat me to the last cookie.

basic

My colleague beat me to submitting the report, so he got the credit.

natural

Sorry, I was going to email you but you beat me to it!

natural

They tried to surprise me for my birthday, but I beat them to it and planned my own party.

natural