beat sb to sth/…

ˈbeat sb to sth/…|ˌbeat sb ˈto itto get somewhere or do sth before sb else抢先；捷足先登She beat me to the top of the hill.她比我先到达山顶。I was about to take the last cake, but he beat me to it.我正要拿那最后一块饼，却给他抢先一步。

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• untogether
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• Eleatic
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• have stormy passages with
• baby grand piano
• Campbell, Thomas
• comme ci
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