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beeline

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bee⋅line

  [bee-lahyn]
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–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.
Origin:
1820–30, Americanism; bee 1 + line 1
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bee·line   (bē'līn')   
n.  A direct, straight course.
intr.v.   bee·lined, bee·lin·ing, bee·lines
To move swiftly in a direct, straight course.

[From the belief that a bee returns to its hive in a straight course.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Idioms & Phrases

beeline

see make a beeline for.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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