| 单词 | beat somebody/something to the punch |
| 释义 | beat somebody/something to the punchbeat somebody/something to the punch informal to do or get something before anyone else does 先发制人，抢先做某事[得到某物] Hitachi has beaten its competitors to the punch with its new palmtop. 日立公司抢在其竞争者之前推出了新款掌上电脑。 Examples from the Corpus beat somebody/something to the punch• Master Yehudi had beaten me to the punch again.• Hitachi has beaten their competition to the punch with a new line of mainframe computers.• Bernie, it might be a good idea if you beat them to the punch. → beat somebody/something to the punch at punch2(3) |
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