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In the Loop

Beat Punch Loop Decided Make Offer Buy House

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Idiom BEAT (SOMEONE) TO THE PUNCH
Definition to do something before someone else does it
Examples
  1. They decided to make an offer to buy the house, but when they did, they found that someone else had already bought it. Someone beat them to the punch.
  2. Linda was going to invite him out to lunch but he beat her to the punch. He invited her before she had a chance to ask him.

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