Idiom
beat feet
Meaning
To run.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“The police arrived, so we had to beat feet.”
“When the storm clouds suddenly appeared, we decided to beat feet back to the car.”
“Realizing the security guard had spotted them, the intruders beat feet toward the alleyway to escape detection.”
Examples
simple
“The police arrived, so we had to beat feet.”
contextual
“When the storm clouds suddenly appeared, we decided to beat feet back to the car.”
complex
“Realizing the security guard had spotted them, the intruders beat feet toward the alleyway to escape detection.”
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