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put an egg in one's shoe and beat it

put an egg in one's shoe and beat it verb: to go away; get lost; scram.

Verb

put an egg in one's shoe and beat it (third-person singular simple present puts an egg in one's shoe and beats it, present participle putting an egg in one's shoe and beating it, simple past put an egg in one's shoe and beat it, past participle put an egg in one's shoe and beaten it)

  1. (imperative, slang) To go away; get lost; scram.
    • You better put an egg in your shoe and beat it before incidents occur to you.1910, O. Henry, “What You Want”, in Strictly Different
    • At twenty to ten, Henry Beaufort, bartender and owner of The Mellow Tiger, had invited Hugh to put an egg in his shoe and beat it, to make like a tree and leave, to imitate an amoeba and split — in other words, to get the fuck out.1991, Stephen King, Needful Things

Forms of put an egg in one's shoe and beat it

third-person singular presentputs an egg in one's shoe and beats it
present participleputting an egg in one's shoe and beating it
pastput an egg in one's shoe and beat it
past participleput an egg in one's shoe and beaten it

Origin of put an egg in one's shoe and beat it

A pun on beat it (“go away, scram”) and the process of beating eggs in cookery, with a person's shoe seen as a means of departure from a place.

Questions about put an egg in one's shoe and beat it

What does put an egg in one's shoe and beat it mean?
Put an egg in one's shoe and beat it means to go away; get lost; scram.
What part of speech is put an egg in one's shoe and beat it?
Put an egg in one's shoe and beat it is a verb.
What is the past tense of put an egg in one's shoe and beat it?
The past tense of put an egg in one's shoe and beat it is put an egg in one's shoe and beat it.

Words near put an egg in one's shoe and beat it in the dictionary

  1. put a stopper to
  2. put about
  3. put across
  4. put ahead
  5. put all one's eggs in one basket
  6. put an egg in one's shoe and beat it
  7. put an egg in one's shoe and beaten it
  8. put an end to
  9. put and take
  10. put around
  11. put aside

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