Synonyms of beating it

beating it

phrase

present participle of beat it

1

as in travelling

to proceed or move quickly

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• travelling
• racing
• traveling
• speeding
• rushing
• flying
• hurrying
• driving
• scurrying
• trotting
• zipping
• cracking (on)
• chasing
• jumping
• buzzing
• running
• blowing
• scooting
• making tracks
• darting
• stepping
• stepping on it
• tearing
• bowling
• dashing
• blasting
• scuttling
• ripping
• zooming
• shooting
• ramming
• blazing
• jogging
• shaking a leg
• hotfooting (it)
• getting a move on
• whirling
• bolting
• rustling
• hurling
• bustling
• hustling
• hurtling
• barreling
• humping
• bundling
• motoring
• hastening
• rocketing
• whisking
• haring
• pelting
• coursing
• breezing
• belting
• jetting
• careening
• careering
• nipping
• bombing
• galloping
• highballing
• barrelling
• hieing
• hying
• stepping out
• cannonballing
• catching up
• flitting
• scampering
• scudding
• sprinting
• scuffling
• accelerating
• beetling
• streaking
• whizzing
• stampeding
• quickening
• overtaking
• outpacing
• outrunning
• outstripping
• arrowing
• fast-forwarding
• beelining

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• hanging (around or out)
• creeping
• crawling
• lingering
• poking
• dragging
• lagging
• loitering
• slowing (down or up)
• poking
• strolling
• dawdling
• shuffling
• sauntering
• dallying
• ambling
• lumbering
• plodding
• tarrying
• decelerating
• dillydallying

2

as in retreating

to hasten away from something dangerous or frightening

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• retreating
• fleeing
• flying
• bolting
• running away
• running
• running off
• beating a retreat
• turning tail
• escaping
• bugging out
• making tracks
• hightailing (it)
• breaking
• getting (away)
• skipping (out)
• getting out
• clearing out
• making off
• lighting out
• skedaddling
• lamming
• mizzling
• skirring
• absconding
• eloping
• decamping
• scatting
• scarpering
• scramming

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• facing
• confronting
• daring
• hanging around
• defying
• remaining
• dwelling
• lingering
• braving
• staying
• sticking around
• bearding
• abiding
• tarrying

3

as in departing

to leave a place often for another

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• departing
• exiting
• moving
• running along
• packing (up or off)
• buzzing (off)
• stepping (along)
• pulling out
• pushing on
• walking out
• peeling off
• shoving (off)
• getting
• going
• bailing out
• taking a walk
• digging out
• pushing off
• getting off
• cutting out
• clearing out
• going off
• bugging out
• taking off
• clearing off
• sallying (forth)
• buggering off
• escaping
• hitting the road
• pulling up stakes
• starting
• evacuating
• fleeing
• taking a powder
• bugging off
• taking a hike
• piking (out or off)
• parting
• pulling stakes
• flying
• bailing
• striking out
• setting out
• quitting
• running away
• booking
• getting out
• vamoosing
• retiring
• withdrawing
• going out
• stepping out
• retreating
• scarpering
• skipping
• emigrating
• lighting out
• mizzling
• removing
• abandoning
• absconding
• deserting
• vacating
• decamping
• forsaking
• scramming
• scatting
• adjourning

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• coming
• arriving
• remaining
• turning up
• showing up
• dwelling
• staying
• lodging
• settling
• abiding
• closing
• approaching
• nearing
• reaching
• landing
• hitting
• tarrying