Idiom
beat it
Meaning
To leave; to go away.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“The kids were making too much noise, so I told them to beat it.”
“When the unwanted salesman refused to leave the porch, I finally told him to beat it.”
“Realizing the police were closing in on his position, the thief decided it was time to beat it before he was caught.”
Examples
simple
“The kids were making too much noise, so I told them to beat it.”
contextual
“When the unwanted salesman refused to leave the porch, I finally told him to beat it.”
complex
“Realizing the police were closing in on his position, the thief decided it was time to beat it before he was caught.”
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