beat out

== English == === Verb === beat out (third-person singular simple present beats out, present participle beating out, simple past beat out, past participle beaten out or beat out) To sound a rhythm on a percussion instrument such as a drum. To extinguish. (US) To defeat by a narrow margin. To work out fully. To make gold or silver leaf out of solid metal. To bash a hole in. (baseball, of a runner) To reach base after a bunt or groundball. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see beat,‎ out. === Anagrams === outbeat