book it

verb

To take off quickly; to leave in a hurry.

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Meanings

verbbook it (third-person singular simple present books it, present participle booking it, simple past and past participle booked it)

present singular third person books it · participle present booking it · participle past booked it · past booked it

  1. slangTo 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.”

    2020, N. K. Jemisin, The City We Became, Orbit, page 169

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
bucketfleegethightail itleg it

Origin

Possibly from earlier onomatopoeic bookity-book.

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APA

book it. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/book%20it

MLA

“book it.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/book%20it. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “book it,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/book%20it.

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