beat it

Example Sentences

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Van Der Beek, who died Wednesday after a colorectal cancer diagnosis, seemed to embrace the ethos of joining in everyone’s fun when there’s no sense of trying to beat it.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 12, 2026

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

From MarketWatch • Nov. 26, 2025

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 • Nov. 6, 2025

"You've got a nice open field at the back that's not going to get built on. It's a lovely location, and there's Yeadon Tarn just down the road. You can't beat it, living here."

From BBC • Mar. 16, 2025

The doctors became increasingly worried, and I ended up spending five long months in the hospital while they tried to beat it.

From "Ugly" by Robert Hoge