"book it" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-book it.ogg [Australia] Forms: books it [present, singular, third-person], booking it [participle, present], booked it [participle, past], booked it [past]
Etymology: Possibly from earlier onomatopoeic bookity-book. Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} book it (third-person singular simple present books it, present participle booking it, simple past and past participle booked it)
  1. (slang) To take off quickly; to leave in a hurry. Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-book_it-en-verb-PD0~dB3R Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms with placeholder "it"

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for book it meaning in English (1.6kB)

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    {
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    {
      "form": "booked it",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
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          "ref": "2020, N. K. Jemisin, The City We Became, Orbit, page 169",
          "text": "But if I’m not around? Book it. Run away, not toward it like you did today.",
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          "take off",
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        "(slang) To take off quickly; to leave in a hurry."
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        "singular",
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    },
    {
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      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
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