die Konkurrenz schlagen
to beat the competition
Türkçe: rakiplerini geçmek
In a sentence
Der ambitionierte Jungunternehmer schlägt die Konkurrenz mit einer cleveren Idee.
How it is used
Means 'to beat the competition,' implying victory. Neutral to slightly colloquial. Use in a strategy meeting: 'Mit diesem Produkt schlagen wir die Konkurrenz.' Stronger than 'übertreffen' (surpass).
Other verbs that go with Konkurrenz
This is the choice the collocation turns on.
- in Konkurrenz stehen zu+Dat.to be in competition with
- die Konkurrenz überflügelnto surpass the competition
All collocations with Konkurrenz
Other collocations built on schlagen
- Alarm schlagento sound the alarm
- eine Brücke schlagento build a bridge
- in die Flucht jagen / schlagento put someone to flight
- in den Wind schlagento throw caution to the wind
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