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beat the crowds
arrive before it gets busy
If you beat the crowds, you avoid the busiest time at a place, usually by going early or at a quieter time.
Hear it in real life
Why are you getting up so early?
I want to beat the crowds at the beach.
Let's leave at seven so we can beat the crowds at the old town.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: We went early to win the crowds.
Say: We went early to beat the crowds.
The fixed expression uses "beat," not "win," before "the crowds."
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
beat the crowds; beat the crowds by arriving early
Your turn: say it out loud
Let's leave at seven so we can beat the crowds at the old town.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
beat the crowds
arrive before it gets busy
“Let's leave at seven so we can beat the crowds at the old town.”
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