Idiom
beat the crowd
Meaning
To arrive at a location or complete a task before a large group of people do so.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“We leave early to beat the crowd at the store.”
“If we start our hike at sunrise, we can beat the crowd to the summit.”
“By securing their tickets months in advance and arriving before dawn, the dedicated fans managed to beat the crowd to the front of the stage.”
Examples
simple
“We leave early to beat the crowd at the store.”
contextual
“If we start our hike at sunrise, we can beat the crowd to the summit.”
complex
“By securing their tickets months in advance and arriving before dawn, the dedicated fans managed to beat the crowd to the front of the stage.”
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