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bee⋅line

[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.

Origin:
1820–30, Americanism; bee 1 + line 1
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.]

beeline

see make a beeline for.

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