Beat sb to the draw 意思是：比别人抢先一步

例句：

We lost the project. Rainbow Company beat us to the draw.

这个项目我们没有拿到，因为彩虹公司抢先了一步。

Mary wanted to buy that painting by Picasso, but another millionaire beat her to the draw.

玛丽想买毕加索的那幅画，不过另一个百万富翁捷足先登了。