beat it

Idioms  

1. Go away, as in We should beat it before the food's all gone. This term is rude when used as an imperative, as in Stop pestering me—beat it! [Slang; late 1800s]

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beat it

‘Active managers who beat the market typically beat it by a little. But those who fall short, fall short by a lot.’

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 29, 2026

He spoke about it with humour and with a fierce determination to beat it.

From BBC ● May 17, 2026

Bessent and Takaichi jointly worry about a wobbly yen, which brushed the psychological barrier of 160 to the dollar on April 30, before official intervention beat it back to about 158.

From Barron's ● May 14, 2026

“He didn’t beat the security plan the night of the dinner. He beat it the day he made the reservation,” said Jason Pack, a former FBI official.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 27, 2026

You might even profit from this by challenging someone to choose whatever die he or she wanted, and you could then choose a die which would beat it two- thirds of the time.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos