beat the system
English
Verb
beat the system (third-person singular simple present beats the system, present participle beating the system, simple past beat the system, past participle beaten the system)
- To circumvent rules, regulations, or conventions, usually by finding loopholes.
- Synonyms: game the system, play the system, work the system
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Further reading
- “beat the system”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “beat the system” in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Longman.
- “beat the system” (US) / “beat the system” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.
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