Colloquial Variant guide

beat it

verb · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • US: /ˈbiˌdɪt/
  • Australia: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.

1

verb

Meaning 1

To leave; to go away.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: colloquial, derogatory, idiomatic

Qualifier: dismissal

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: beat a retreat, hit it

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

To masturbate.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Canada, US, colloquial, idiomatic, vulgar

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: beat off, abuse, bash one out, bate, beat it, crank one out, fap, frig, goon, jack off, jack it, jerk, jerk it, jerk the gherkin, jerk off, jerk one off, jerk one out, jork it, knock one out, make the bald man cry, masturbate, mastuprate, play pocket pool, play with oneself, pleasure oneself, rub one off, rub one out, self-abuse, self-pollute, service oneself, skeet, stroke, toss, toss off, touch oneself, wank, wank off, whack off, yank

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see beat, it.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

63 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 滾! /滚! (gǔn!) — to go away
  • Chinese Mandarin: 走開! /走开! (zǒukāi!) — to go away
  • Chinese Mandarin: 滾開! /滚开! (gǔnkāi) — to go away
  • Czech: zmizet — to go away
  • Czech: vypadnout — to go away
  • Czech: exemplum: Beat it! Zmiz! — to go away
  • Danish: skride — to go away
  • Danish: skrubbe af — to go away
  • Danish: smutte — to go away
  • Danish: forsvinde — to go away
  • Dutch: ophoepelen — to go away
  • Dutch: oprotten — to go away
  • Dutch: opflikkeren — to go away
  • Dutch: opdonderen — to go away
  • Dutch: ophoeren — to go away
  • Dutch: oplazeren — to go away
  • Dutch: opsodemieteren — to go away
  • Dutch: wegwezen — to go away
  • Esperanto: foriri — to go away
  • Finnish: häipyä — to go away
  • Finnish: poistua — to go away
  • French: dégager — to go away
  • French: décamper — to go away
  • French: ficher le camp — to go away
  • French: décaniller — to go away
  • French: se tirer — to go away
  • French: se barrer — to go away
  • French: se tailler — to go away
  • French: se casser — to go away
  • French: décrisser — to go away
  • German: sich packen — to go away
  • German: verschwinden — to go away
  • German: weggehen — to go away
  • Italian: vai via — to go away
  • Italian: vattene — to go away
  • Japanese: 失せる (useru) — to go away
  • Polish: wynosić się — to go away
  • Polish: wynieść się — to go away
  • Romanian: se căra — to go away
  • Romanian: își lua tălpășița — to go away
  • Romanian: face pași — to go away
  • Russian: прова́ливай! (proválivaj!) — to go away
  • Russian: отвали́! (otvalí!) — to go away
  • Spanish: largarse — to go away
  • Spanish: pirarse — to go away
  • Spanish: pirárselas — to go away
  • Thai: ไปให้พ้น (bpai hâi pón) — to go away
  • Vietnamese: cút — to go away
  • Vietnamese: phắn — to go away
  • Vietnamese: xéo — to go away
  • Vietnamese: biến — to go away
  • Chinese Mandarin: 打飛機 /打飞机 (dǎ fēijī) — vulgar: to masturbate
  • Czech: honit si ho — vulgar: to masturbate
  • Finnish: runkata — vulgar: to masturbate
  • Finnish: tumputtaa — vulgar: to masturbate
  • French: se branler — vulgar: to masturbate
  • French: se pignoler — vulgar: to masturbate
  • French: se taper une queue — vulgar: to masturbate
  • French: se polir le chinois — vulgar: to masturbate
  • Japanese: 抜く (nuku) — vulgar: to masturbate
  • Polish: trzepać sobie — vulgar: to masturbate
  • Polish: strzepać sobie — vulgar: to masturbate
  • Thai: ช่วยตัวเอง (chûai-dtuua-eeng) — vulgar: to masturbate