beat the system in English

Forms: beats the system [present, singular, third-person], beating the system [participle, present], beat the system [past], beaten the system [participle, past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Head templates: {{en-verb|beat<,,beat,beaten> the system}} beat the system (third-person singular simple present beats the system, present participle beating the system, simple past beat the system, past participle beaten the system)

Inflected forms

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "beats the system",
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "tags": [
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        "present"
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    },
    {
      "form": "beat the system",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beaten the system",
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
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      "glosses": [
        "To circumvent rules, regulations, or conventions, usually by finding loopholes."
      ],
      "id": "en-beat_the_system-en-verb-HOfS064F",
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        ],
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          "rule"
        ],
        [
          "regulation",
          "regulation"
        ],
        [
          "convention",
          "convention"
        ],
        [
          "loophole",
          "loophole"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "game the system"
        },
        {
          "word": "play the system"
        },
        {
          "word": "work the system"
        }
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "huijata järjestelmää"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "vencer al sistema"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "beat the system"
}

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    {
      "form": "beats the system",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beat the system",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beaten the system",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
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      },
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      "name": "en-verb"
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        "To circumvent rules, regulations, or conventions, usually by finding loopholes."
      ],
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          "circumvent",
          "circumvent"
        ],
        [
          "rule",
          "rule"
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        [
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        [
          "convention",
          "convention"
        ],
        [
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        {
          "word": "game the system"
        },
        {
          "word": "play the system"
        },
        {
          "word": "work the system"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "huijata järjestelmää"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "vencer al sistema"
    }
  ],
  "word": "beat the system"
}

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"beat the system" meaning in English

Verb

Inflected forms