英语词组beat the gun是什么意思，短语翻译、用法及例句-英语词组固定搭配大全

Idiom

beat the gun

Theme: EARLY

to manage to do something before the ending signal. (Originally from sports, referring to making a goal in the last seconds of a game.)

The ball beat the gun and dropped through the hoop just in time.Tom tried to beat the gun, but he was one second too slow.

beat the gun

To take action or finish a task before a deadline. This phrase comes from sporting events in which gunfire was sometimes used to indicate the end of a contest. We have to get these pages to the printer by 8, so work faster, people—we've got to beat the gun! I think they beat the gun with that goal—there was still time left on the clock.

beat the gun

Fig. to manage to do something before the ending signal. (Originally from sports, referring to scoring in the last seconds of a game just before the referee fires a gun to signal the end of the game.) The field goal beat the gun and was in the air just in time. Tom tried to beat the gun, but he was one second too slow.

词组	beat the gun
释义	Idiom beat the gun Theme: EARLY to manage to do something before the ending signal. (Originally from sports, referring to making a goal in the last seconds of a game.) The ball beat the gun and dropped through the hoop just in time.Tom tried to beat the gun, but he was one second too slow. beat the gun To take action or finish a task before a deadline. This phrase comes from sporting events in which gunfire was sometimes used to indicate the end of a contest. We have to get these pages to the printer by 8, so work faster, people—we've got to beat the gun! I think they beat the gun with that goal—there was still time left on the clock. beat the gun Fig. to manage to do something before the ending signal. (Originally from sports, referring to scoring in the last seconds of a game just before the referee fires a gun to signal the end of the game.) The field goal beat the gun and was in the air just in time. Tom tried to beat the gun, but he was one second too slow.
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