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.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Evridiki	-	Greek
Ask	-	Norse Mythology
Aldegonda	ahl-də-KHAWN-dah	Dutch
Cili	-	Hungarian
Anup	-	Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Malayalam
FehİM	-	Turkish