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beeline
[ bee-lahyn ]
noun
- a direct route traveled quickly (usually in the phrase make a beeline for ):
The minute he came home he made a beeline for the refrigerator.
beeline
/ ˈːˌɪ /
noun
- the most direct route between two places (esp in the phrase make a beeline for )
Word History and Origins
Idioms and Phrases
see make a beeline for .Example Sentences
He explained that investors made a beeline for lifestyle-focused start-ups because they gave quick returns.
When the game ended Sunday, Hurts made an immediate beeline to the middle of the field to meet Mahomes and wrap his quarterback counterpart in a hug.
The last thing most people would have wanted to do immediately after landing is beeline it to a place of misery and hear victims’ sad stories.
Staff would be given a warning before he appeared, says a former security guard, which was followed by a "beeline of certain people, certain races", leaving the floor.
It’s a common scenario: A shoplifter, arms full of merchandise they didn’t pay for, makes a beeline for the exit, only to have their escape blocked by a security guard.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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