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beats it

beats it is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 beats it

What is beats it the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Beats it is the third-person singular simple present indicative of beat it.

Words near beats it in the dictionary

  1. beats feet
  2. beats into
  3. beats into a cocked hat
  4. beats into fits
  5. beats into shape
  6. beats it
  7. beats like a jungle drum
  8. beats me
  9. beats off
  10. beats off with a stick
  11. beats on

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