Beat Me to the Punch (A Common English Idiom) | Learn American English in 1 Minute a Day

Beat me to the punch is a popular English idiom. It means to do someone before somebody else can. Watch the video to find out more about it! Beat me to the punch meaning: Say or do something before someone else. Beat me to the punch origin: From the early 1900s with reference to boxing. Sometimes, it's possible to win with just one punch by knocking someone out before they even hit you. Beat me to the punch examples: "You beat me to the punch—that's exactly what I was going to say." "Oh wow. It looks like Apple beat Samsung to the punch with that new eye recognition feature." --------------------------------------- Another popular American idiom: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXgwNIMG1-s -------------------------------------- Want to find out more? Check out: https://eslspeaking.org/american-english-idioms/ The Big Book of American Idioms: https://amzn.to/3o6YxZi https://www.facebook.com/eslspeaking https://www.pinterest.ca/eslspeaking/ #learningenglishwithjackie #idiom #idiomsandphrases #idiomsinenglish #englishidioms ---------------------------------------- Learn English here: https://eslspeaking.org/confusing-words-in-english/ --------------------------------------- More idioms from @Arnel's Everyday English https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6wl8k0qiHM --------------------------------------- Transcript for beat me to the punch idiom: Hi, this is Jackie from eslspeaking.org. So today's idiom is, beat me to the punch. Beat me to the punch. It means someone that did something before you. It comes from boxing. If the two people are fighting, if this person can do the first punch and it's a knockout punch, he will be the winner and this guy didn't even throw one punch because he beat him to the punch. So here's an example, you have two companies and this company came out with some amazing innovation, some new product. This other company was developing it but they were too slow so they'd say, "They beat us to the punch." Or, if you want to buy something on sale but there's only one left. You were fighting, you got it. You can say, "I beat her to the punch." It means you got it first. You did it first. Please hit like, subscribe, leave a comment, and also be sure to check out the Big Book of American Idioms on Amazon