Odessa Dawn
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Hello, everyone.
beat it (slang)
to go away immediately I told the kid to beat it, and that's the last I saw of him. She said she was going to pack her bag and beat it back to Tennessee.
Usage notes: often used as an order: Go on, beat it!
beat it - Idioms - by the Free Dictionary, Thesaurus and Encyclopedia.
As you see above, 'beat it' means 'to go away'. Also, it means to leave someplace. I have no problem with its definition. But when I saw the usage notes, I failed interpreting it because the phrasal verb go on and the slang beat it have been put together in one line. As a result, I couldn’t figure it out.
Question: Does Go on, beat it! mean keep on working, please?
Thank you.
Question: Does Go on, beat it! mean keep on working, please?
Thank you.
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