BEATEN IT Synonyms: 219 Similar and Opposite Words

beaten it

phrase

past participle of beat it

as in sped

to proceed or move quickly Let's beat it before we miss the start of the movie.

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as in fled

to hasten away from something dangerous or frightening They beat it out of there when the cops showed up.

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as in moved

to leave a place often for another She grew bored of her hometown and decided to beat it.

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Jackson broke his foot last training camp when a teammate stepped on it during practice, and that injury plagued him all of 2025, and required an offseason procedure that kept him sidelined all OTAs and minicamp.

— Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 27 July 2026
Tillman, whose right foot was bloodied before the kick because a Bosnian player stepped on it, still arced a shot over five standing Bosnians, into an unsaveable spot that keeper Nikola Vasilj almost dared Tillman to target.

— Sean Gregory, Time, 2 July 2026

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From there, the Mariners will hit the road against the resurgent Boston Red Sox and Toronto Blue Jays to close out August.

— Johnny Flores Jr, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026
At a Luke gas station in Merrillville, drivers watched as power crews hit the road from nearby NIPSCO headquarters.

— Sara Machi, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of hit the road

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