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beat it

vb. 1 (&lit beat it English) 2 (context idiomatic chiefly as imperative pejorative colloquial dismissal English) To leave; to go away.

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Beat It (film)

Beat It is a 1918 American short comedy film featuring Harold Lloyd.

Beat It

"Beat It" is a song written and performed by American singer Michael Jackson and produced by Quincy Jones (with co-production by Jackson). It is the third single from the singer's sixth solo album, Thriller (1982). Eddie Van Halen played the song's distinctive overdriven guitar solo. While Van Halen was prevented by his record label from appearing in the music video, he did appear on stage with Jackson in Dallas during the Jackson brothers Victory Tour. Following the successful chart performances of the Thriller singles " The Girl Is Mine" and " Billie Jean", "Beat It" was released on February 3, 1983 as the album's third single. The song was promoted with a short film that featured Jackson bringing two gangs together through the power of music and dance.

"Beat It" received the Grammy Awards for Record of the Year and Best Male Rock Vocal Performance, as well as two American Music Awards. It was inducted into the Music Video Producers Hall of Fame. The single, along with its music video, propelled Thriller into becoming the best-selling album of all time. The single was certified platinum in the United States in 1989. Rolling Stone placed "Beat It" on the 344th spot of its list of " The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time". The song was also ranked number 81 on Rolling Stones "100 Greatest Guitar Songs of All Time".

In the decades since its release, "Beat It" has been covered, parodied, and sampled by numerous artists including Pierce the Veil, Fall Out Boy, Pomplamoose, Justin Bieber, Alvin and the Chipmunks, Fergie, John 5, "Weird Al" Yankovic and Eminem. The song was also featured in the National Highway Safety Commission's anti-drunk driving campaign.

Beat It (Sean Kingston song)

"Beat It" is a song by American recording artist Sean Kingston, featuring vocals from American singer Chris Brown and rapper Wiz Khalifa. The song is the second single from Kingston's third studio album, Back 2 Life. It was released on April 15, 2013 as a digital download. The song was written by Kisean Anderson, Cameron Thomaz, Omari Akinlolu and Nicholas Balding.

Beat it (disambiguation)

" Beat It" is a song by Michael Jackson.

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Usage examples of "beat it".

Good, strong people get cancer, and they do all the right things to beat it, and they still die.

But he did not speak, for, suddenly clutching the chain about her neck, she seemed to struggle with some invisible foe and beat it off, muttering audibly as she clenched her thin hands on the golden case.

The accountant tried to beat it off, but the creature's wings kept beating at his face and its beak was tearing at his nose and the accountant scrambled back against the barrier-rail, flailing with his arms and screaming: 'Get it off!

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The bell rang so loudly that it almost deafened him, but he continued to beat it fiercely, nonetheless.

He had to take it off and beat it against his leg once in a while.