BEAT SB TO STH / ...


Meaning of BEAT SB TO STH / ... in English

beat sb to sth / ... | ˌbeat sb ˈto it

to get somewhere or do sth before sb else :

She beat me to the top of the hill.

I was about to take the last cake, but he beat me to it.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.