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make a beeline for
Idioms and Phrases
Go straight to, as in He made a beeline for the refreshments . In this expression, beeline means 鈥渢he shortest distance between two points,鈥 alluding to the route of worker bees bringing nectar and pollen back to the hive. [c. 1830]Example Sentences
You might wonder why he didn鈥檛 make a beeline for the door there and then, but the movie playing in Edelman鈥檚 head was a rom-com.
ASWAN, Egypt 鈥 It was the middle of the night, but the first thing Mawahib Mohammed did was make a beeline for the shower, the first she had taken in a week.
鈥淭his is the first big event since the war began and every head of state who wants to be a mediator 鈥 beginning with President Macron 鈥 will make a beeline for Putin鈥檚 hotel room to be the mediator who convinced Putin to extend the grain deal 鈥 so Putin will be the kingmaker at this summit.鈥
Mr. Thomas added, 鈥淥ur strategy is to go into a fair saying, 鈥楾hese are some artists that we鈥檙e excited about, let鈥檚 make a beeline for them and see if they鈥檙e as meaningful and as exciting as we think.鈥欌
I make a beeline for the Pass, ignoring every diner and waiter who tries to solicit my attention.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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