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beat the crowd en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (idiomatic, informal) To arrive at a location or complete a task before a large group of people do so.
    • Dhava beat the crowd to the sweets counter and was back within minutes with two boxes of Black Magic chocolates, which he handed to Sharda. 2007, Shunna Pillay, Shadow People, page 134:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
beaten the crowd Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
beats the crowd Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
beat the crowd Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part colloquial lexicographic
beat the crowd Tense=Past lexicographic
beating the crowd Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic