BEAT TO IT Definition & Meaning

beat to it

Also, beat to the draw or punch . React more quickly than someone else. For example, The new salesman tried to serve one of my customers, but I beat him to the draw and Bill was determined to get there first and beat everyone else to the punch . The variants imply aggression to get ahead, draw alluding to the drawing of a pistol and punch to hitting with the fists. [Second half of 1800s]
Get ahead of someone to obtain something, as in There was only enough for one, so Jane ran as fast as she could in order to beat Jerry to it . [ Colloquial ; c. 1900]

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“It works. It’s got a great beat to it, and a rhythm that kind of mimics running up and down stairs. It becomes the soundtrack of your activity of climbing up the treehouse.”

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They make this sort of wobbly, quiet kind of relaxed jazz that has a wonderful beat to it.

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There’s a group of people who will listen if it’s got that beat to it.”

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“It actually had a beat to it originally, but I stripped it all the way because I wanted it to sound as raw as possible,” she says.

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Even the guard who posted the video, Julius Locklear, admitted, “I’m posting it cause that rap was lit 😂😂😂😂😂 like I wish I could put a beat to it lol.”

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