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O que significa to beat someone to the punch ?
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"Beating someone to the punch" is when one person is able to do something before someone else is able to do it.
Given your example, the "wretched cripple" was able to do whatever the action being talked about is before the other guy was able to
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@Juan_Welding I would say it’s relatively common. Every native speaker would understand what you mean and they very well could use it. It’s not used every day or anything but it’s not obscure, if that makes sense.
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