beat the crowd | Idiomator

Meaning: (informal,idiomatic)Toarriveat alocationorcompleteataskbefore alargegroupof people do so.2007, Shunna Pillay,Shadow People, page134:Dhavabeat the crowdto the sweets counter and was back within minutes with two boxes of Black Magic chocolates, which he handed to Sharda.

Examples:

EN: I wanted to beat the crowd.
ES: - Quería ganarle a la multitud.
EN: You wanted to beat the crowd.
ES: - ¿Multitud?
EN: Mr. Mayor, I think if we want to beat the crowd, we should leave now.
ES: Si queremos adelantarnos a la masa, debemos irnos.
EN: I just wanted to beat the crowd.
ES: Sólo quería ganarles a los demás.
EN: - We wanted to beat the crowd.
ES: - Queríamos evitar la multitud.
EN: Yeah. Let's go back now and beat the crowd.
ES: Sí, vamos ahora antes de que salgan todos.
EN: Glad I beat the crowd, then.
ES: Me he adelantado.
EN: All right, get going, beat the crowd, getting those seats!
ES: ¡Bueno, vamos, antes de las grandes colas, a nuestros asientos!
EN: Ah, good, we beat the crowd.
ES: Bien, superamos a la multitud.
EN: Mallards always beat the crowd!
ES: ¡Patos silvestres siempre superan la multitud!
ES: ¡Patos silvestres siempre superan la multitud!
EN: Let's beat the crowd." - Dean lit up.
ES: Adelantémonos a la multitud".
EN: Well life's heavy now, trying to beat the crowd, please don't stop me now.
ES: Bueno la vida es pesada, tratando de vencer a la multitud, no me detengas ahora.
EN: The ship store's like a Black Friday war zone, man. Had to beat the, had to beat the crowd.
ES: Tuve que luchar contra la multitud.
EN: We should go now to beat the crowd.
ES: Deberíamos irnos para adelantarnos a la multitud.
EN: You beat the crowd.
ES: Evitaron a la multitud.

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