From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishbeat the systembeat the systemDISOBEYto find ways of avoiding or breaking the rules of an organization, system etc, in order to achieve what you want Accountants know a few ways to beat the system. → beat
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beat the system• There's a limit on how much luggage you can take on a plane, but there are ways to beat the system.• A special unit will be set up to stop crooks beating the system.• Prosecutors have warned that broader use of lie detectors will only give criminals another way to beat the system.• You can't beat the system and shouldn't want to, because it represents a co-operative progress towards shared goals.• Very few beat the system and those who did were not much encouraged by Bloomsbury House.• The brazen response of some was to smirk, for beating the system-any system-was a legitimate aspiration.• Gomez tried to beat the system by moving his money between his bank and investment accounts.• If we can not beat the system, how can we get it to work for us?• Available as both saloon and fastback, the Rover 820 Si 16v is designed to beat the system on two counts. 