to go away immediately.

I told the kid to beat it, and that's the last I saw of him.

She said she was going to pack her bag and beat it back to Tennessee.

Usage notes: often used as an order:

Go on, beat it!

Etymology: based on the phrase beat a retreat (= leave a battle quickly)

• walk and chew gum at the same time
• walk a thin line
• walk a thin line between
• walk a thin line between something
• walk a tightrope
• walk away with
• walk away with something
• walk off with
• walk off with something
• walk of life
• walk on air
• walk on eggshells
• walk out
• walk out on
• walk out on someone
• walk out on something
• walk someone through
• walk someone through something
• walk tall
• walk the plank
• walk the walk
• walk through
• walk through something
• Walls have ears.
• wall-to-wall