to beat somebody to the punch
01
to do something before someone else does it
Dialect
American
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Idiom
Informal
أمثلة
The quick-thinking child was able to come up with a solution, beating her parents to the punch and solving the problem on her own.
The student submitted her term paper early, beating her classmates to the punch and impressing her professor with her diligence and quality of work.
