beat out (English, verb)
expansion: beat out (third-person singular simple present beats out, present participle beating out, simple past beat out, past participle beaten out or beat out)
Senses:
glosses: To sound a rhythm on a percussion instrument such as a drum.
glosses: To extinguish.
glosses: To defeat by a narrow margin.
tags: US
glosses: To work out fully.
glosses: To make gold or silver leaf out of solid metal.
glosses: To bash a hole in.
topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: To reach base after a bunt or groundball.
raw_tags: of a runner
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see beat, out.
Forms:
form: beats out
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: beating out
tags: participle
present
form: beat out
tags: past
form: beaten out
tags: participle
past
form: beat out
tags: participle
past