beat it
Example Sentences
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But over the past 15 years or so, he and other visitors switched to plastic tarps after the marmots learned how to beat it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
These funds can match the broad market and, over certain stretches, even beat it.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 6, 2026
He spoke about it with humour and with a fierce determination to beat it.
From BBC ● May 17, 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
Without thinking, I let go of the rock to beat it away.
From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff
