book it
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Etymology edit
Possibly from earlier onomatopoeic bookity-book. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
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book it (third-person singular simple present books it, present participle booking it, simple past and past participle booked it)
- (slang) To take off quickly; to leave in a hurry.
- 2020, N. K. Jemisin, The City We Became, Orbit, page 169:
- “But if I’m not around? Book it. Run away, not toward it like you did today.”