book it
Americanidiom
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to move quickly; hurry.
We had to book it to the other terminal to make our flight, which we barely did.
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to flee at top speed, as to avoid being discovered or caught by someone.
The cops are coming—book it!
Example Sentences
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“This is a truly vulnerable book, it was incredibly hard, even painful, to write.”
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 12, 2025
If there is one unavoidable criticism of Ms. Wade’s enjoyable book, it is that she seems fearful of offending her subject.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 14, 2025
Just because Sleepy Hollow is featured in a book, it absolutely has a haunting little history of its own to share with you that goes beyond the page.
From MarketWatch • Oct. 27, 2025
"If I were to put something as troubling as the whole incel thing into a children's book, it would only ever be implied," she explains.
From BBC • Aug. 27, 2025
Throughout the whole course of my working on this book, it is the only question I recall Volpe not wanting to answer.
From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove
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