beat the crowd (English, verb)
expansion: beat the crowd (third-person singular simple present beats the crowd, present participle beating the crowd, simple past beat the crowd, past participle beaten the crowd or (colloquial) beat the crowd)
Senses:
glosses: To arrive at a location or complete a task before a large group of people do so.
tags: idiomatic
informal
Forms:
form: beats the crowd
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: beating the crowd
tags: participle
present
form: beat the crowd
tags: past
form: beaten the crowd
tags: participle
past
form: beat the crowd
tags: colloquial
participle
past