beat to the punch (English, verb)
expansion: beat to the punch (third-person singular simple present beats to the punch, present participle beating to the punch, simple past beat to the punch, past participle beaten to the punch or beat to the punch)
Senses:
glosses: To carry out an action before another person is able to do so.
tags: idiomatic
transitive
Forms:
form: beats to the punch
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: beating to the punch
tags: participle
present
form: beat to the punch
tags: past
form: beaten to the punch
tags: participle
past
form: beat to the punch
tags: participle
past