赶在最后期限之前
the beat───节拍; 敲打; 冲击; 跳动; 动感节拍（香水名）
beat the bushes───搜寻猎物，搜寻，物色；到处搜寻；搜索
ticketing deadline───售票截止日期
cut the beat───快走
feasibility deadline───可行性截止日期
submission deadline───提交最终期限；提交截止日期
feel the beat───感受节奏
beat the ball───打球
beat the game───打赢比赛
NASA has a 2020 deadline for returning Americans to the moon and China would like to beat that.───航天局预计于2020年前载人返月，而中国人很可能在此之前登月。
work went well and we beat the clock, finishing nearly two hours before the deadline.───顺利 ，结果我们提前完成了任务，比最后限期前了约两小时。
They were trying to beat the midnight deadline.───他们正在试图赶在午夜的最后期限前完成。
Ample time, so I thought, to beat the deadline for applications of noon on Monday March 23.
We beat the deadline.
Buyers brought forward purchases in August to beat the deadline on stamp duty, creating a vacuum in the following month.