Beat the Gun

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Beat the Gun

Slang; the act of buying (or selling) a security or asset at the perfect price. In such cases, immediately after the security or asset is bought (or sold), the price begins a significant increase (or decrease), resulting in a healthy gain for the buyer (or seller).

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The loss was a bitter pill to swallow for Mahindra, which looked set to clinch the 10th and last qualifying berth over Blackwater by dominating GlobalPort before Stanley Pringle beat the gun to send the game into overtime at 103-all.

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``I tried to get out of the blocks first but beat the gun, '' said 18-year-old Ellington.