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Meaning: (idiomatic,chiefly as imperative,derogatory,colloquial,dismissal)Toleave; togo away.Synonyms:beat a retreat,hit it;see alsoThesaurus:go away1916, United States. Commission on Industrial Relations, Francis Patrick Walsh, Basil Maxwell Manly,Industrial relations: Final report and testimony, page10986:[…]and he said, "Youbeat it." So Ibeat ittwo squares up to Seventeenth Street and went into a saloon.1983, Michael Jackson, “Beat It”, inThriller:Showin' how funky and strong is your fight / It doesn't matter who's wrong or right / Justbeat it; (idiomatic,US,Canada,vulgar,colloquial)Tomasturbate.Synonyms:beat off;see alsoThesaurus:masturbate; Used other than figuratively or idiomatically:seebeat,it.
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