beetle off

1. 1.

   leave suddenly and as if in a hurry

   “The listeners bolted when he discussed his strange ideas”

   “When she started to tell silly stories, I ran out”

   Synonymsrun offrun outboltbolt out

   Broaderleave

Questions about beetle off

What does beetle off mean?

beetle off means "leave suddenly and as if in a hurry".

What is another word for beetle off?

Close synonyms include run off, run out, bolt, bolt out. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is beetle off a common word?

beetle off is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.