Idiom
beat to the punch
Meaning
To carry out an action before another person is able to do so.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“I wanted that job, but she beat me to the punch.”
“I planned to buy the last tickets online, but someone else beat me to the punch.”
“The rival company beat us to the punch by releasing their innovative software just one day before our scheduled launch.”
Examples
simple
“I wanted that job, but she beat me to the punch.”
contextual
“I planned to buy the last tickets online, but someone else beat me to the punch.”
complex
“The rival company beat us to the punch by releasing their innovative software just one day before our scheduled launch.”
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