to beat the traffic meaning?

Question

What's the meaning of "at the traffic" idiom? Please give me some examples!

Answer 1

 

Idiom Conjugations:

 

Answer 2

Gerund Form of the Idiom:

Beating the traffic can save a lot of time.
 

Answer 3

Idiom Usage:

To beat the traffic can be used formally but is most commonly used informally.
 

Answer 4

Idiom Scenario 2:

Your browser does not support the audio element.
Two businessmen are talking ...

Businessman 1: What happened to your car?
Businessman 2: It's in the garage at home.
Businessman 1: You're not driving any more?
Businessman 2: Not during the week. There is just too much traffic. I am using public transit and beating the traffic. I get home thirty minutes earlier than usual.
Businessman 1: That's great! Maybe I'll try it.

 

Answer 5

Idiom Scenario 1:

Your browser does not support the audio element.
A husband and wife are talking very early one morning ...

Wife: Why are you getting up so early?
Husband: I have a big day at work today and I want to get there early.
Wife: And?
Husband: I want to leave early and beat the traffic and save myself twenty minutes of driving. If I can manage to leave work a little early, I'll beat the traffic coming home as well.

 

Answer 6

Idiom Definition:

Your browser does not support the audio element.
"to beat the traffic"

to leave somewhere earlier than others in order to avoid the traffic at the peak times of the day

Synonyms:   advantage, ahead, depart, fast, quick