beat to it
phrasal verbbeat somebody to something/… | beat somebody to it
- to get somewhere or do something before somebody else
- She beat me to the top of the hill.
- I was about to take the last cake, but he beat me to it.
Definition of beat to it phrasal verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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ripple effect
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