Later, move established companies raced to add such patents to their files, if only as a defensive move against rivals that might beat them to the punch.

后来，知名公司竞相在自己的文件中加入这类专利，哪怕只是作为一种防御措施，以应对可能会抢先一步的竞争对手。

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We must get there first in order to beat him to the punch.

为了先发制人，我们必须先到达那里。

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What You Can Do: Simple: Beat him to the punch.

你能做的：这个简单：打他一拳。

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Usually this would mark the moment when I urgently ask Forbes researcher Sue Radlauer to help me dig up the legal docs so I can publish them on behalf of you readers except this time I was beat to the punch.

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Once Apple set their stake in the ground for a product announcement, one-by-one, the competition came out to beat Apple to the punch.

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