beating it
phrase
1
as in racing
to proceed or move quickly Let's beat it before we miss the start of the movie. Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- racing
- traveling
- flying
- speeding
- driving
- rushing
- hurrying
- trotting
- scurrying
- zipping
- chasing
- jumping
- buzzing
- running
- travelling
- blowing
- scooting
- stepping on it
- darting
- cracking (on)
- stepping
- making tracks
- bowling
- shaking a leg
- blasting
- tearing
- dashing
- scuttling
- ripping
- zooming
- shooting
- hotfooting (it)
- getting a move on
- jogging
- ramming
- blazing
- whirling
- bolting
- rustling
- bustling
- hustling
- hurling
- haring
- barreling
- humping
- hurtling
- hying
- bundling
- motoring
- rocketing
- hastening
- whisking
- pelting
- breezing
- belting
- jetting
- coursing
- careening
- careering
- nipping
- bombing
- highballing
- galloping
- stepping out
- cannonballing
- catching up
- hieing
- barrelling
- flitting
- scudding
- scampering
- sprinting
- scuffling
- beetling
- accelerating
- streaking
- whizzing
- stampeding
- outpacing
- quickening
- overtaking
- outrunning
- outstripping
- arrowing
- beelining
- fast-forwarding
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- hanging (around or out)
- creeping
- crawling
- lingering
- dragging
- poking
- lagging
- slowing (down or up)
- loitering
- poking
- strolling
- dawdling
- shuffling
- sauntering
- ambling
- lumbering
- plodding
- dallying
- decelerating
- tarrying
- dillydallying
2
as in flying
to hasten away from something dangerous or frightening They beat it out of there when the cops showed up. Synonyms & Similar Words
- flying
- fleeing
- retreating
- running away
- bolting
- running off
- beating a retreat
- bugging out
- turning tail
- running
- making tracks
- escaping
- hightailing (it)
- breaking
- getting out
- clearing out
- lighting out
- making off
- lamming
- skedaddling
- skirring
- skipping (out)
- mizzling
- getting (away)
- absconding
- scramming
- eloping
- decamping
- scatting
- scarpering
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- confronting
- facing
- daring
- hanging around
- braving
- remaining
- defying
- lingering
- dwelling
- sticking around
- staying
- bearding
- abiding
- tarrying
3
as in exiting
to leave a place often for another She grew bored of her hometown and decided to beat it. Synonyms & Similar Words
- exiting
- moving
- departing
- running along
- peeling off
- pushing on
- walking out
- pulling out
- bailing out
- pushing off
- digging out
- cutting out
- bugging out
- clearing out
- getting off
- going off
- clearing off
- taking off
- going
- getting
- buggering off
- bugging off
- taking a powder
- taking a hike
- buzzing (off)
- hitting the road
- pulling stakes
- taking a walk
- packing (up or off)
- pulling up stakes
- shoving (off)
- stepping (along)
- striking out
- evacuating
- starting
- piking (out or off)
- escaping
- fleeing
- setting out
- sallying (forth)
- flying
- parting
- bailing
- running away
- quitting
- getting out
- going out
- vamoosing
- booking
- stepping out
- lighting out
- withdrawing
- retiring
- scarpering
- retreating
- emigrating
- skipping
- mizzling
- removing
- abandoning
- absconding
- scramming
- deserting
- vacating
- decamping
- scatting
- forsaking
- adjourning
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- coming
- arriving
- turning up
- remaining
- showing up
- dwelling
- staying
- lodging
- settling
- closing
- abiding
- approaching
- nearing
- reaching
- hitting
- landing
- tarrying