beat to

== English == === Etymology === Shortening of beat to the punch.(Can this(+) etymology be sourced?) === Verb === beat to (third-person singular simple present beats to, present participle beating to, simple past beat to, past participle beaten to) (transitive) To arrive (somewhere) more quickly (than someone else); to succeed (at something) more quickly (than someone else). ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === tobeat