book it

[book it]

idiom

Slang.

1. to move quickly; hurry.

   We had to book it to the other terminal to make our flight, which we barely did.

2. to flee at top speed, as to avoid being discovered or caught by someone.

   The cops are coming—book it!

Example Sentences

When it comes to how he spends his earnings from the book, it is not so much a case of wild living, more rewilding.

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The Atul Gawande book, it’s about end-of-life issues.

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However, in the birthday book, it seems the two may have met earlier in life, when she was still a teenager.

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In my book, it’s very much a found family kind of trope, and like in ‘Heartstopper,’ everyone in the friend group is a little queer.”

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“That house rents for around $110,000 during a typical year, but they paid a premium to book it so far in advance,” Jabli said.

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