beat to the punch

Meaning

1. Oxford100% of films

   to get or do sth before sb else can

   This guy beat him to the punch.

In the movies · 1

• This guy beat him to the punch.The Mask1994
• Guess you beat us to the punch, Mr. Ravencroft.Scooby-Doo! and the Witch's Ghost1999

Learn it in full scenes

• The Mask1994
  • Stanley Hands Over the Tickets
  • Arguing the Plan Against Niko
  • Stanley Becomes the Mask

From the same entry

• beat about the bush
• beat at their own game
• beat your brains out
• beat your breast
• beat the clock
• beat it
• beat a path to door
• beat the rap
• beat a retreat
• beat time
• can you beat that
• if you can't beat them, join them

More idioms

• beyond wildest dreams
• blow the whistle on
• climb on the bandwagon
• get off the hook
• get your teeth into
• give a helping hand
• go head to head
• have an axe to grind
• have seen better days
• have written all over it
• have your finger on the pulse
• i've heard it all before