put an egg in one's shoe and beat it
To go away; get lost; scramTo go away; get lost; scram.
Meaning
1 senses(imperative, slang)To go away; get lost; scram.
Examples
1065 sentencesDon't put it on my desk.
Не клади його мені на стіл. — deniko
ruНе на моей парте! — Olya
deLeg es nicht auf meinen Schreibtisch! — Manfredo
Put it back where you found it.
Поклади його туди, де знайшов. — aandrusiak
ruПоложи его туда, где нашёл. — marafon
deLeg es dahin zurück, wo du es gefunden hast. — MUIRIEL
Please put it back in its place.
Будь ласка, поклади це на місце. — deniko
ruПожалуйста, положи это на место. — afyodor
deLeg es bitte wieder auf seinen Platz zurück. — raggione
Could you put it in plain language?
Ви можете пояснити це простими словами? — deniko
How can we put it into practice?
Як ми можемо застосувати це на практиці? — deniko
ruКак мы можем применить это на практике? — odexed
deWie können wir das in die Praxis umsetzen? — enteka
Origin
A pun on beat it (“go away, scram”) and the process of beating eggs in cookery, with a perA pun on beat it (“go away, scram”) and the process of beating eggs in cookery, with a person's shoe seen as a means of departure from a place.
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Forms
puts an egg in one's shoe and beats it, putting an egg in one's shoe and beating it, put an egg in one's shoe and beat it, put an egg in one's shoe and beaten it| Base form | put an egg in one's shoe and beat it · to put an egg in one's shoe and beat it |
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| 3rd person singular | puts an egg in one's shoe and beats it |
| Present participle | putting an egg in one's shoe and beating it |
| Past simple | put an egg in one's shoe and beat it |
| Past participle | put an egg in one's shoe and beaten it |
irregular · Lesson
Present simpleLesson
| I, you, we, they | put an egg in one's shoe and beat it |
| he, she, it | puts an egg in one's shoe and beats it |
Past simpleLesson
| all persons | put an egg in one's shoe and beat it |
Present perfectLesson
| I, you, we, they | have put an egg in one's shoe and beaten it |
| he, she, it | has put an egg in one's shoe and beaten it |
Future simple (will)Lesson
| all persons | will put an egg in one's shoe and beat it |
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.