beat it

verb — 3 senses

beat it

verb

US /ˈbiˌdɪt/

1

Colloquial, Derogatory, Idiomatic, As imperative To leave; to go away.

  • […] and he said, "You beat it." So I beat it two squares up to Seventeenth Street and went into a saloon.1916, United States. Commission on Industrial Relations, Francis Patrick Walsh, Basil Maxwell Manly, Industrial relations: Final report and testimony, page 10986:
  • Showin' how funky and strong is your fight / It doesn't matter who's wrong or right / Just beat it1983, Michael Jackson, “Beat It”, in Thriller:
2

Canada, US, Colloquial, Idiomatic, Vulgar To masturbate.

3

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see beat, it.

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