beat it

(informal).See run verb sense 2.

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phrasal

1. : to hurry away : get out in a rush : scram

the youngsters beat it when the police came

2. : hurry, rush

the reporter beat it to a telephone to call in the news

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beat it (slang)

1. To make off hastily or furtively

2. (often as imperative) go away!

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beat it spoken phrase

used for telling someone to go away, especially when you are angry with them

Thesaurus: ways of telling someone to go away_synonym

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beat it

informal : to go away quickly

The teenagers beat it when the cops arrived.

— often used as a command

Stop bothering me. Beat it! [=get lost]

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ˈbeat it idiom

(slang) (usually used in orders) to go away immediately

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This is private land, so beat it!

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