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beating it

beating it is the present participle and gerund of beat it.

Meaning of beat it

Verb

beat it (third-person singular simple present beats it, present participle beating it, simple past beat it, past participle beat it or beaten it)

  1. (colloquial, derogatory, idiomatic, dismissal) To leave; to go away.
    • […] and he said, "You beat it." So I beat it two squares up to Seventeenth Street and went into a saloon.1916, United States. Commission on Industrial Relations, Francis Patrick Walsh, Basil Maxwell Manly, Industrial relations: Final report and testimony, page 10986
  2. (Canada, US, colloquial, idiomatic, vulgar) To masturbate.
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see beat, it.

Questions about beating it

What is beating it the present participle and gerund of?
Beating it is the present participle and gerund of beat it.

Words near beating it in the dictionary

  1. beating hearts
  2. beating into
  3. beating into a cocked hat
  4. beating into fits
  5. beating into shape
  6. beating it
  7. beating like a jungle drum
  8. beating off
  9. beating off with a stick
  10. beating on
  11. beating one's ass

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