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
Benjamin	['bendʒəmin]
Bram	BRAHM	English, Dutch
Kawehi	-	Hawaiian
Jasmyn	JAZ-min	English (Modern)
Nikolina	-	Bulgarian, Croatian, Serbian, Macedonian
EnİSe	-	Turkish