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beating it
phrasepresent participle of beat it
Synonyms & Antonyms of beating it
1
to proceed or move quickly
- Let's beat it before we miss the start of the movie.
Synonyms for beating it
- barreling
- (or barrelling),
- belting,
- blasting,
- blazing,
- blowing,
- bolting,
- bombing
- [slang],
- bowling,
- breezing,
- bundling,
- bustling,
- buzzing,
- cannonballing,
- careening,
- careering,
- chasing,
- coursing,
- cracking (on),
- dashing,
- driving,
- flying,
- haring,
- hastening,
- highballing,
- hotfooting (it),
- humping,
- hurling,
- hurrying,
- hurtling,
- hustling,
- hying
- (or hieing),
- jetting,
- jumping,
- motoring,
- nipping,
- pelting,
- racing,
- ramming,
- ripping,
- rocketing,
- running,
- rushing,
- rustling,
- scooting,
- scurrying,
- scuttling,
- shooting,
- speeding,
- stepping,
- tearing,
- traveling
- (or travelling),
- trotting,
- whirling,
- whisking,
- zipping,
- zooming
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2
to hasten away from something dangerous or frightening
- They beat it out of there when the cops showed up.
Synonyms for beating it
Words Related to beating it
- absconding,
- clearing out,
- decamping,
- eloping,
- escaping,
- getting (away),
- getting out,
- lamming,
- lighting out,
- making off,
- mizzling
- [chiefly British],
- scarpering
- [British],
- scatting,
- scramming,
- skipping (out),
- skirring
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3
to leave a place often for another
- She grew bored of her hometown and decided to beat it.
Synonyms for beating it
- bailing,
- bailing out,
- booking
- [slang],
- buggering off
- [British slang],
- bugging off,
- bugging out,
- buzzing (off),
- clearing off
- [chiefly British],
- clearing out,
- cutting out,
- departing,
- digging out,
- exiting,
- getting,
- getting off,
- going,
- going off,
- moving,
- packing (up or off),
- parting,
- peeling off,
- piking (out or off),
- pulling out,
- pushing off,
- pushing on,
- quitting,
- running along,
- sallying (forth),
- scarpering
- [British],
- shoving (off),
- stepping (along),
- taking off,
- vamoosing,
- walking out
Words Related to beating it
- absconding,
- decamping,
- escaping,
- evacuating,
- fleeing,
- flying,
- getting out,
- mizzling
- [chiefly British],
- running away,
- scatting,
- scramming,
- skipping
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