beat it
Example Sentences
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These funds can match the broad market and, over certain stretches, even beat it.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 6, 2026
Bessent and Takaichi jointly worry about a wobbly yen, which brushed the psychological barrier of 160 to the dollar on April 30, before official intervention beat it back to about 158.
From Barron's ● May 14, 2026
Plus, most of DHS is reopening, and Michael Jackson fans tell movie critics to beat it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 1, 2026
"It would heal a very deep wound. The only way to beat it would be to win it this year," he told Spanish media.
From BBC ● Apr. 29, 2026
I call Cahokia a city so as to have a stick to beat it with, but it was not a city in any modern sense.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
