beat it

Example Sentences

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In the past few weeks, I have thought too much about AI and gone down the stat route to try to beat it at its own game, but that's not how I won the predictions title in previous seasons.

From BBC

“Firefighters were only able to put it out because we got a little rain. In the meantime, the Morris Fire ate up more than three hundred thousand acres of land. That’s an area about the size of Los Angeles. That was a record,” Akira told the crowd, “until a new megafire in northern California and southern Oregon beat it a week later.”

From Literature

Newsom was scheduled to do a fireside chat with Fortune magazine, but apparently when he arrived at the church-turned-conference hall, he was politely told to beat it.

From Los Angeles Times

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