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Verb: beetle off
Usage: Brit, informal
  1. Leave suddenly and as if in a hurry
    "She beetled off as soon as the bell rang";
    - run off, run out, bolt, bolt out

Derived forms: beetled off, beetles off, beetling off

Type of: go away, go forth, leave, off [informal]