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"text": "I was planning to take care of the problem for him, but he beat me to the punch and did it himself.",
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"To do something before somebody else is able to."
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"(transitive) To do something before somebody else is able to."
],
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"word": "beat to"
},
{
"word": "first blood"
},
{
"word": "get the drop on"
}
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"translations": [
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to do something before somebody else can",
"word": "ehtiä ensin"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to do something before somebody else can",
"word": "devancer"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to do something before somebody else can",
"word": "prendre de vitesse"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to do something before somebody else can",
"word": "couper l’herbe sous le pied"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to do something before somebody else can",
"word": "coiffer au poteau"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to do something before somebody else can",
"word": "megelőz"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to do something before somebody else can",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "wyprzedzać"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to do something before somebody else can",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "wyprzedzić"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "upredítʹ",
"sense": "to do something before somebody else can",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "упреди́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "operedítʹ",
"sense": "to do something before somebody else can",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "опереди́ть"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to do something before somebody else can",
"word": "ganar de mano"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to do something before somebody else can",
"word": "anticipar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to do something before somebody else can",
"word": "ganar por la mano"
}
]
}
],
"word": "beat to the punch"
}
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"present"
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{
"form": "beat to the punch",
"tags": [
"past"
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},
{
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"pos": "verb",
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"word": "beat to"
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{
"word": "first blood"
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{
"word": "get the drop on"
}
],
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"examples": [
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"text": "I was planning to take care of the problem for him, but he beat me to the punch and did it himself.",
"type": "example"
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"glosses": [
"To do something before somebody else is able to."
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To do something before somebody else is able to."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to do something before somebody else can",
"word": "ehtiä ensin"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to do something before somebody else can",
"word": "devancer"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to do something before somebody else can",
"word": "prendre de vitesse"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to do something before somebody else can",
"word": "couper l’herbe sous le pied"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to do something before somebody else can",
"word": "coiffer au poteau"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to do something before somebody else can",
"word": "megelőz"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to do something before somebody else can",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "wyprzedzać"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to do something before somebody else can",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "wyprzedzić"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "upredítʹ",
"sense": "to do something before somebody else can",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "упреди́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "operedítʹ",
"sense": "to do something before somebody else can",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "опереди́ть"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to do something before somebody else can",
"word": "ganar de mano"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to do something before somebody else can",
"word": "anticipar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to do something before somebody else can",
"word": "ganar por la mano"
}
],
"word": "beat to the punch"
}
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