Beat on a course

• Beat in a marathon
• Beat in a heat, maybe
• Didn't get caught by
• Beat in a relay
• Defeated a la Usain Bolt
• Defeated in a footrace
• Defeated, in a way
• Kept ahead of

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Chronically underfunded and overspending, development costs always outran returns. ▪ Fleet-footed young men were always arriving to race with her and she always outran them. ▪ Once again, however, the ability of politicians and economists ...

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