booked it
Made hasty departure
Booked it means ran away fast, fled urgently: When the cops showed up, we booked it out of there.
The phrase suggests sudden, rapid departure—not just leaving but sprinting.
Common in casual American speech, especially among younger speakers.
Sometimes shortened to just book: We gotta book.
- skedaddledDeparted hastily, informally
- hurryMove with urgency
- took offDeparted or surged
- hastenTo accelerate or rush
- sprintBrief maximum-speed effort
took off running · made tracks · hit the road · dash · bailed out · cut and run · abscond · bolt · run · slip away · flee · vamoose · scramble · evade · vanish · hightailed it · race · beat feet
booked ittook it easy
Relaxed without urgency
unhurried · relaxed · stayed put · stood still · froze
booked itlingered
Remained beyond expected
loitered · dallied · tarried · killed time · hung around
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