"put an egg in one's shoe and beat it" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: puts an egg in one's shoe and beats it [present, singular, third-person], putting an egg in one's shoe and beating it [participle, present], put an egg in one's shoe and beat it [participle, past], put an egg in one's shoe and beat it [past]
Etymology: A pun on beat it (“go away, scram”) and the process of beating eggs in cookery, with a person's shoe seen as a means of departure from a place. Etymology templates: {{m|en|beat it||go away, scram}} beat it (“go away, scram”) Head templates: {{en-verb|put<,,put> an egg in one's shoe and beat<,,beat> it|head=put an egg in one's shoe and beat it}} put an egg in one's shoe and beat it (third-person singular simple present puts an egg in one's shoe and beats it, present participle putting an egg in one's shoe and beating it, simple past and past participle put an egg in one's shoe and beat it)
  1. (slang, chiefly imperative) To go away; get lost; scram. Tags: imperative, slang
    Sense id: en-put_an_egg_in_one's_shoe_and_beat_it-en-verb-CAWMVkXf Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms with placeholder "it"

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