Definitions
Wiktionary
- v. Used other than as an idiom: see beat, it.
- v. idiomatic, pejorative, colloquial To leave; to go away.
- v. idiomatic, US, Canada, vulgar, colloquial To masturbate, usually a man of himself.
Examples
“They did not connect the couple with Jimmy, who sprang on the steps, crying to the motorman: — "Slam on the juice, old man, and beat it outa here!”
“Well, he never re-appeared, and I thought he must have kept behind the wall and beat it back to the chateau.”
“An 'you'd better tell the rummy to beat it unless you want to see'm get his face hurt.”
“So again Kingfishers, when they catch a fish, always beat it until it is killed; and in the Zoological Gardens they always beat the raw meat, with which they are sometimes fed, before devouring it.”
“Then he took out the copper kettledrum and beat it with the broidered strap, whereupon up came the dromedaries.”
“You beat it out of here, while I finish scuppering the rest of the water.”
“Uncle Jim had to beat it almost every step, and between the jolts caused by the roughness of the road and Uncle Jim's funny remarks we had a very merry time.”
“He hammered on the door, beat it with his fists, and howled vile imprecations.”
“So I learned mil-dots, just beat it all into my head.”
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old timey talk
Words or Sayings from the 1920's or whatever that no one really uses anymore (at least in that context).
scram, bearcat, heavens to betsy, dick, double-cross, ducky, gams, goofy, hooch, jalopy, john, joe and 174 more...
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Git!
Shoo! Scram! Go on now! Nothing to see! Move it!
shoo, scram, get going, move it, move along, go on now, nothing to see, scat, skedaddle, vamoose, beat it, make tracks and 37 more...
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donatas's Words
downwelling, shortchange, serendipity, detrimental, conspicuous, prank, accrual, precipitously, fecundity, onset, wallow, scum and 31 more...
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MEC4 Lesson 145
abandon, headquarters, lambada, association, catch on, sort, primal, deep-seated, sticky, rightful, technically, close and 55 more...
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