Beat (someone) hands down phrasal verb spoken language
If you beat one hands down, you defeat them easily or decisively.
That James beat you hands down totally made sense. While you were messing around, he was effortlessly practicing.
His water-tight arguments beat the opponent hands down.
Everybody. Beat them hands down and we will gain the championship.
James beat Justin hands down at the final. and that's why he is so sad right now.
To quit; to give up, stop doing something because you know that you cannot succeed; admit defeat
The expression is used at the beginning of a competition to say that you hope the most fastest, strongest, or most skilled succeed person
wins.
I will win no matter what happens.
To win only by a smaill amount; to win narrowly
It's mostly used in the past tense.
People tend to like forbidden or illegal things just because they are forbidden or illegal.
He must have believed that stolen fruit is the sweetest, and he, therefore, cheated on his partner.