beat the gun

beat the gun
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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See: JUMP THE GUN.

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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