beat it
Example Sentences
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Bessent and Takaichi jointly worry about a wobbly yen, which brushed the psychological barrier of 160 to the dollar on April 30, before official intervention beat it back to about 158.
From Barron's • May 14, 2026
Plus, most of DHS is reopening, and Michael Jackson fans tell movie critics to beat it.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026
Teams who were being pressed by opposition forwards at goal-kicks are now playing long, to beat it.
From BBC • Dec. 7, 2025
Gold could get close to $5000 per ounce in 2026 and beat it in 2027, predicts Deutsche Bank.
From MarketWatch • Nov. 26, 2025
Sometimes the person of Death visited me, and I beat it with my fists and begged for it to depart, waking myself.
From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein
