beat it

phrase

1

: to hurry away : scram

2

: hurry, rush

Examples of beat it in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Philadelphia is 2-5 and riding a five-game losing streak after Dallas beat it 38-21 on Monday night. — Outkick, FOXNews.com, 1 Nov. 2026

Holding has to beat it by a premium for the risk, which the paper computes near 9% a year for a typical owner. — Ron Smith, Forbes.com, 26 Oct. 2026

The Ultra said to beat it hollow on benchmarks for AI tasks, including image and video generation. — New Atlas, 8 Oct. 2026

When Tampa third baseman Junior Caminero sailed the throw, Walker could not recover in time for a chance to beat it out. — Chandler Rome, New York Times, 13 Sep. 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