Beat and Finish

Beat

Beat verb - To achieve a victory over.

Usage example: she always beats everyone at checkers, but she's not as good at chess

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Finish and beat are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Finish" instead a verb "Beat".

Nearby Words: beaten, beating, beater, beatable

Finish verb - To bring (something) to a state where nothing remains to be done.

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Beat and finish are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Beat" instead a verb "Finish".

Nearby Words: finished, finis, finishing, finisher

good	good beat	good finish
best	best beat	best finish
normal	normal beat	normal finish
short	short beat	short finish
Other adjectives: perfect, standard, original, sinister, actual, cool, bad, quick, excellent, awesome.

mode	beat mode	finish mode
rest	beat rest	finish rest
stage	beat stage	finish stage
time	beat time	finish time
Other words: way, level, game, story, dungeon, boss, mission, opponent, enemy, times, opponents, stages, games, levels.

You can't beat Yeta to the finish line unless you go full-speed every inch of the way from start to finish.

Source: That One Sidequest
When the final game was released, multiple rumors sprouted that one had to beat the Hard Mode stages, finish every stage in a certain time, or finish every stage with a near-perfect or perfect score.

Source: Urban Legend of Zelda
This lead to a later hair versus hair match which Tanahashi won but Toru Yano decided to have CHAOS stable mate Takashi Iizuka beat up Tanahashi so Yano could finish shaving Tanahashi instead.

Source: Wrestling / Hiroshi Tanahashi

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