BEATEN IT Synonyms: 219 Similar and Opposite Words

beaten it

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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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But as more people buy them and hit the road, hospitals are seeing more riders as patients.

— Amaia Gavica, Miami Herald, 27 Aug. 2026
Garth Brooks, known for selling out massive venues such Camping World Stadium with 70,000 fans in 2022, is hitting the road to play in the arenas that first saw the country star’s rise to fame.

— Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of hit the road

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