Beat It
Leave right now
Beat it is a command to leave quickly, usually with impatience or hostility: Beat it, kid, you're bothering me.
The phrase suggests urgency—not a polite request but a dismissal.
Someone who beats it departs in a hurry, often to escape trouble or avoid confrontation: The cops showed up and we beat it out of there.
- ThrillerRecord-breaking 1982 album
- guitar soloUnaccompanied string passage
- MTVYouth-oriented video network
- music videoVisual companion to songs
Eddie Van Halen · Billie Jean · eighties · pop · rock · anthem · hit single · chart-topper
Depart swiftly from threat
- scramDepart hastily, informally
- leaveSanctioned time away
- get outDepart or escape
- boltThreaded rod for nuts
vanish · disappear · retreat · withdraw · evade · elude · abscond · decamp
Arterial blood throb
- tempoRate of musical performance
- grooveNarrow cut or routine
- drummingPercussive rhythm-making
- syncopationStressed unexpected beats
percussion · cadence · meter · pattern · swing · tapping · rhythm · polyrhythm
Resisting authority or control
- confrontationalInclined toward hostile encounters
- boldCourageous and daring
- audaciousRecklessly or disrespectfully fearless
- defianceOpen resistance to authority
resistance · challenge · standoff · unyielding · brazen · provocative · uncompromising · insubordinate
Michael Jackson
- ThrillerRecord-breaking 1982 album
- guitar soloUnaccompanied string passage
- MTVYouth-oriented video network
Eddie Van Halen · Billie Jean · music video · eighties · pop · rock · anthem · hit single · chart-topper · Grammy
flee
Depart swiftly from threat
bolt · vanish · disappear · retreat · withdraw · evade · elude · abscond · decamp · skedaddle
pulse
Arterial blood throb
syncopation · percussion · cadence · meter · pattern · swing · tapping · rhythm · polyrhythm · bassline
rebellious
Resisting authority or control
- confrontationalInclined toward hostile encounters
- boldCourageous and daring
- audaciousRecklessly or disrespectfully fearless
defiance · resistance · challenge · standoff · unyielding · brazen · provocative · uncompromising · insubordinate · dissent
- 80s HitsBillie Jean, Thriller, Like a Virgin, Don't Stop Believin, Flashdance
- Michael JacksonThriller, Billie Jean, moonwalk, Bad, Neverland
- 90s HitsSmells Like Teen Spirit, Losing My Religion, Under the Bridge, November Rain, MMMBop
Beat Itcome in
Permitted to enter
welcome · stay · stick around · enter · make yourself at home
Beat Itobey
Follow commands given
comply · listen · submit · fall in line · follow orders
Beat Itstand your ground
Refuse to back down
face it · hold your ground · stand up · step up · stick it out