Synonyms of beats it

beats it

phrase

present tense third-person singular of beat it

1

as in races

to proceed or move quickly

Let's beat it before we miss the start of the movie.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• races
• speeds
• travels
• flies
• rushes
• drives
• scurries
• trots
• hurries
• zips
• jumps
• chases
• cracks (on)
• runs
• buzzes
• blows
• steps on it
• steps
• scoots
• tears
• bowls
• darts
• blasts
• rips
• dashes
• scuttles
• barrels
• zooms
• rams
• bolts
• shoots
• courses
• blazes
• jogs
• breezes
• motors
• bundles
• belts
• rockets
• whirls
• jets
• careers
• humps
• hustles
• rustles
• pelts
• hurls
• hares
• hurtles
• shakes a leg
• cannonballs
• bustles
• hastens
• whisks
• highballs
• bombs
• hies
• nips
• hotfoots (it)
• gets a move on
• makes tracks
• gallops
• careens
• flits
• beetles
• streaks
• scampers
• scuffles
• sprints
• steps out
• scuds
• accelerates
• whizzes
• catches up
• stampedes
• arrows
• overtakes
• outruns
• outpaces
• outstrips
• quickens
• beelines
• fast-forwards

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• hangs (around or out)
• creeps
• crawls
• lags
• pokes
• drags
• lingers
• pokes
• loiters
• slows (down or up)
• dawdles
• tarries
• strolls
• shuffles
• saunters
• ambles
• plods
• dillydallies
• dallies
• lumbers
• decelerates

2

as in flies

to hasten away from something dangerous or frightening

They beat it out of there when the cops showed up.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• flies
• retreats
• flees
• bolts
• runs
• escapes
• runs off
• runs away
• breaks
• bugs out
• beats a retreat
• turns tail
• hightails (it)
• makes tracks
• skips (out)
• gets (away)
• gets out
• lights out
• clears out
• makes off
• skedaddles
• skirrs
• mizzles
• lams
• absconds
• scats
• elopes
• decamps
• scrams
• scarpers

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• faces
• confronts
• beards
• dares
• braves
• defies
• remains
• stays
• dwells
• lingers
• hangs around
• abides
• sticks around
• tarries

3

as in exits

to leave a place often for another

She grew bored of her hometown and decided to beat it.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• exits
• moves
• departs
• goes
• gets
• peels off
• walks out
• steps (along)
• escapes
• bails out
• takes a walk
• bugs off
• parts
• runs along
• gets off
• starts
• pushes off
• cuts out
• bugs out
• pushes on
• digs out
• buzzes (off)
• hits the road
• evacuates
• clears off
• flees
• shoves (off)
• goes off
• flies
• pulls out
• packs (up or off)
• quits
• clears out
• bails
• takes off
• buggers off
• sallies (forth)
• books
• takes a powder
• pikes (out or off)
• takes a hike
• withdraws
• sets out
• retires
• pulls up stakes
• vamooses
• retreats
• pulls stakes
• runs away
• skips
• scarpers
• strikes out
• emigrates
• gets out
• lights out
• steps out
• goes out
• removes
• mizzles
• abandons
• deserts
• absconds
• scats
• decamps
• scrams
• vacates
• forsakes
• adjourns

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• comes
• arrives
• remains
• shows up
• stays
• turns up
• approaches
• dwells
• settles
• lodges
• abides
• closes
• lands
• reaches
• hits
• tarries
• nears