book it

verb

Etymology

Possibly from earlier onomatopoeic bookity-book.

Definitions

  1. To take off quickly

    To take off quickly; to leave in a hurry.

    • “But if I’m not around? Book it. Run away, not toward it like you did today.”

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for book it. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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