to beat
- verb
- /biːt/
- And this past weekend, they beat A-Team of former pros.
- beat other teams
- hard to beat
- try to beat
Who thinks, who thinks you could beat the chimps wrong?
- Who thinks, who thinks you could beat the chimps wrong?
- More Chinese watched AI beat the best human Go player.
- But bro, it's very hard to beat Wall Street.
- But the only way to beat Ofcom was to fight.
- And his whole thing is to beat this game.
- And this was after I beat Bechkoaya in Brazil.
- And he charmed Piers Morgan twice to beat him at chess, right.
- On a long enough timeline, I will beat anyone at anything.
- Like, you better not let this French bitch beat you, you know?
- We just have to beat your time, boy.
- Why do you think Twitter will beat threads all day long?
- So if man coverage, you beat your guy, you're good.
Examples
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I could never beat her.
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By the end of the evening, you'd beaten odds of more than six thousand to one.
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And his whole thing is to beat this game.
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Anybody think they could beat that same guy?
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If you can beat it, you can beat anything.
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No, Commander, you could not even beat a family, huh?
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More Chinese watched AI beat the best human Go player.
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But bro, it's very hard to beat Wall Street.
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So I'm going to predict that we beat Liverpool as well.
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She trained hard to beat her opponent in the final match of the tournament.
Synonyms
To beat someone in a game, fight, or contest
To defeat completely, often by force, ending a group or idea
Beat someone or something completely in a conflict
Do better than others, for example at work or school
To get an advantage over someone by being clever
Defeat others in a contest to win a job or prize
Do better than someone or something
To defeat someone in a contest or game
Do better than and beat an opponent in a game
To beat an opponent by a large amount in a game or contest
To beat someone by a large amount in a contest or game
To beat someone by being more clever than them
To beat someone by being more clever
To defeat someone by using their own methods
To do better than someone or something and win
To trick someone to gain an unfair advantage
Beat someone by a lot
To win against other teams or companies in a contest
Defeat an opponent easily in a game or contest
To get an advantage over someone by doing better than them
Antonyms
Idioms
- Offensive
Hit someone many times until they are badly hurt or win against them very clearly
- Informal
To feel your heart stop for a moment because you are suddenly excited or scared
- Informal
Push away a lot of people or fans as a joke about being too popular
- Literature
To change weapons into tools for peaceful work like farming
Phrasal Verbs
- Offensive
To hurt or defeat someone very badly, often by hitting them
- Informal
To keep going despite difficulty or to make a steady sound like rain on a roof
- Offensive
To defeat someone completely, often physically or in a game, used in rude speech
Compounds
- NSFW
A group of American writers and artists from the 1950s who reject social rules and choose free creative lives
- Archaic
A style of pop rock from 1960s Britain with strong rhythms and simple melodies
How Decisive
Surface Forms
Etymology
To beat someone in a game comes from the older idea of overpowering or striking an opponent, and so to beat in competition means to defeat or be better than someone.