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beat it
[beet] 
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beat it
[beet]
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | leave hastily |
| Synonyms: | go away, hurry away, leave, scram, shoo, skedaddle, vamoose |
| Main Entry: | anticipate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | act in advance of |
| Synonyms: | apprehend, be early, be one step ahead of, beat someone to it, block, delay, forestall, hinder, hold back, intercept, precede, preclude, prepare for, prevent, provide against |
| Antonyms: | be unready |
| Main Entry: | clear out |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | leave, often quickly |
| Synonyms: | beat it, begone, decamp, depart, go, hightail, kite, make oneself scarce, remove oneself, retire, scram, skedaddle, split*, take a hike, take off, vamoose, withdraw |
| Antonyms: | arrive, rush in |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | decamp |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | depart suddenly |
| Synonyms: | beat it, bolt, break camp, clear out, depart, disappear, escape, evacuate, flee, head for the hills, hightail, hit the road, make a break for it, make oneself scarce, make tracks, run away, scram, skedaddle, slip away, vamoose |
| Main Entry: | depart |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | leave, retreat |
| Synonyms: | abandon, abdicate, absent, beat it, blast off, cut and run, cut out, decamp, desert, disappear, emigrate, escape, evacuate, exit, get away, git, go, go away, go forth, hit the bricks, hit the road, hit the trail, make a break, march out, migrate, move on, move out, part, perish, pull out, quit, remove, retire, sally forth, say goodbye, scram, secede, set forth, shove off, slip away, split*, start, start out, take leave, tergiversate, troop, vacate, vanish, withdraw |
| Antonyms: | arrive, come, enter |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | get out |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | escape |
| Synonyms: | alight, avoid, be off, beat it, begone, break out, bug off, buzz off, clear out, decamp, depart, dodge, duck, egress, evacuate, evade, exit, extricate oneself, flee, fly, free oneself, go, hightail, kite, leave, make tracks, run away, scram, shirk, shun, skedaddle, split, take a hike, take off, vacate, vamoose, withdraw |
| Antonyms: | capture, grab, seize |
| Main Entry: | go |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | advance, proceed physically |
| Synonyms: | abscond, approach, beat it, bug out, cruise, decamp, depart, escape, exit, fare, flee, fly, get away, get going, get lost, get off, hie, hightail, hit the road, journey, lam, leave, light out, make a break for it, make for, make one's way, mosey, move, move out, near, pass, progress, pull out, push off, push on, quit, repair, retire, run along, run away, set off, shove off, skip out, split*, take a hike, take a powder, take flight, take leave, take off, travel, vamoose, wend, withdraw |
| Antonyms: | stay, stop |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | leave |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | depart, abandon physically |
| Synonyms: | abscond, beat it, break away, clear out, come away, cut out, decamp, defect, desert, disappear, ditch*, elope, embark, emigrate, escape, exit, flee, flit, fly, forsake, give the slip, go, go away, go forth, head out, issue, migrate, move, move out, part, pull out, push off, quit, relinquish, remove oneself, retire, ride off, run along, sally, say goodbye, scram, set out, slip out, split*, start, step down, take a hike, take leave, take off, vacate, vamoose, vanish, walk out, withdraw |
| Notes: | let means to make it possible through a specific action or lack of action for something to happen, to allow; leave means to go away from a place |
| Antonyms: | come, go |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | push off/push on |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | leave; go to another place |
| Synonyms: | beat it, continue, depart, exit, fare, get away, get lost, go, go away, hie, hit the road, journey, keep going, launch, light out, make oneself scarce, make progress, pass, proceed, process, pull out, quit, repair, shove off, start, take off, travel, wend, withdraw |
| Antonyms: | arrive, come |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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