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Definition of Beat out
1. Verb. Come out better in a competition, race, or conflict. "The fighter managed to beat out his opponent"; "Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game"
Entails: Win
Specialized synonyms: Outpoint, Outscore, Walk Over, Eliminate, Mop Up, Pip, Rack Up, Whip, Worst, Whomp, Get The Best, Have The Best, Overcome, Rout, Spread-eagle, Spreadeagle, Get The Jump, Cheat, Chicane, Chouse, Jockey, Screw, Shaft, Exceed, Outdo, Outgo, Outmatch, Outperform, Outstrip, Surmount, Surpass, Get Over, Master, Overcome, Subdue, Surmount, Best, Outdo, Outflank, Scoop, Trump, Outfight, Overmaster, Overpower, Overwhelm, Checkmate, Mate, Immobilise, Immobilize, Outplay, Bat, Clobber, Cream, Drub, Lick, Thrash
Related verbs: Beat, Circumvent, Outfox, Outsmart, Outwit, Overreach
Generic synonyms: Defeat, Get The Better Of, Overcome
Derivative terms: Beatable, Beating, Trouncing, Vanquishable, Vanquisher
2. Verb. Beat out a rhythm.
Definition of Beat out
1. Verb. To sound a rhythm on a percussion instrument such as a drum. ¹
2. Verb. To extinguish ¹
3. Verb. (American English) to win by a narrow margin. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Beat Out
Literary usage of Beat out
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Paradise Lost: A Poem in Twelve Books by John Milton (1750)
"... 445 That beat out life j he fell, and deadly pale Groan'd out his foul with
... beat out ..."
2. The History of the Rise, Increase, and Progress of the Christian People by William Sewel (1844)
"... I am sorry that your zeal surpasseth your moderation, and that a club must
beat out of you what the devil hath inspired.' And this was because Clark had ..."
3. Life in Brazil by Thomas Ewbank (1856)
"Ten Days' Sail: beat out.—New Sensations.—Captain in Costume.—A Gale. ...
After two unsuccessful attempts, we at last beat out, and by 5 P. II. the forts ..."
4. A General Collection of the Best and Most Interesting Voyages and Travels in by John Pinkerton (1809)
"Several other pannels were beat out, and particularly one of nine feet high, and
three feet broad, was beat out fo to as te have the infide turned outward, ..."
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