To extinguish.
To work out fully.
To sound a rhythm on a percussion instrument such as a drum.
To defeat by a narrow margin.
To make gold or silver leaf out of solid metal.
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see beat, out.
To put out, as in fire; to end burning; to quench.
To obscure or eclipse something.
To hunt down (a species) to extinction.
To bring about the extinction of a conditioned reflex.
To destroy or abolish something.
To die out.
To kill.