beat to it
phrasal verbbeat somebody to something/… | beat somebody to it
- to get somewhere or do something before somebody else
抢先；捷足先登 - She beat me to the top of the hill.
她比我先到达山顶。 - I was about to take the last cake, but he beat me to it.
我正要拿那最后一块蛋糕，却给他抢先一步。
- She beat me to the top of the hill.