beat (someone) to the draw

To do, find, or accomplish something quicker than someone else is able. An allusion to drawing one's weapon in a duel. I had a perfect chance to score a goal, but their defender beat me to the draw and stole the ball away.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
CillÍN	-	Irish
Delicia	[di'liʃə]
Neptune	NEP-toon (English), NEP-tyoon (English), NEP-choon (English)	Roman Mythology (Anglicized)
Ayesha	-	Arabic, Urdu
Sonja	ZAWN-yah (German), SON-yah (Finnish)	German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic, Finnish, Slovene, Serbian, Croatian, Macedonia
Marwa	-	Arabic