beat someone to it
to do something before someone else
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To do something before someone else
make the first move
to take action before anyone else
be/stay one jump ahead (of someone)
to do something before someone else or more successfully than someone else
steal a march on someone
to get an advantage over someone by secretly starting something that they had planned to do
beat someone to the punch
to manage to do or say something before someone else does it
go ahead
to go to a place before someone else who you are with
vocal fry
a speech habit in which a speaker lowers their voice at the end of a sentence
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a type of cart pulled by a horse and used in the past for carrying barrels of beer
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conflict mineral
a mineral which is mined in a place where there is armed conflict, and sold to help pay for weapons
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