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• v  come out better in a competition, race, or conflict
• v  beat out a rhythm

• beat
• crush
• shell
• trounce
• vanquish
• tap out
• thump out

News & Articles

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• U.S. wins gold in International Rocketry Challenge
  Three boys from Texas created a rocket that beat out entries from the U.S., U.K. and France
  June 21, 2013 - CBS News
• Readers vote Claude Lemieux as most hated athlete in Michigan
  Former NHL forward Claude Lemieux, who played with, among others, the New Jersey Devils and the Colorado Avalanche, beat out his former teammate, Patrick Roy, in our online voting tournament to 'crown' the most hated opposing athlete in Michigan.
  June 21, 2013 - Detroit Free Press