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

But over the past 15 years or so, he and other visitors switched to plastic tarps after the marmots learned how to beat it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026

‘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

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

"I don't know how another show could beat it."

From BBC ● Mar. 30, 2026

Women said, “Can you beat it, the bruja is knocking on our door once more.”

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols