beat it

Example Sentences

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Teams who were being pressed by opposition forwards at goal-kicks are now playing long, to beat it.

From BBC

Gold could get close to $5000 per ounce in 2026 and beat it in 2027, predicts Deutsche Bank.

From MarketWatch

“You didn’t give up on me and let me wallow in my grief. And I’m not giving up on you now. You can do this. You’re stronger than this thing—and you can beat it.”

From Literature

You just have to find ways to beat it back.

From Los Angeles Times

But Martin, working with pathologist Larry J. Stowell, was able to pinpoint the cause of that “rapid blight”—a fungus, Labyrinthula terrestris—and quickly work up a program to beat it back.

From The Wall Street Journal