'beat out' definitions:

Definition of 'beat out'

From: WordNet
verb
Come out better in a competition, race, or conflict; "Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship"; "We beat the competition"; "Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game" [syn: beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish]
verb
Beat out a rhythm [syn: beat out, tap out, thump out]