beat it

phrase

1

: to hurry away : scram

2

: hurry, rush

Examples of beat it in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Then, a general frontier model with no special training matched or beat it on finance tasks. — Harshil Shah, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026

The name change likely stemmed (in part, at least) from the fact that Amazon Prime Video series Harlan Coben’s Lazarus beat it to market. — Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 7 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1901, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for beat it

• acquit
• admit
• armpit
• backlit
• befit
• cockpit
• commit
• dalit
• dendrite
• emit
• illite
• misfit