BEELINE | Meaning, Definition In Cambridge English Dictionary

Meaning of beeline in English beelinenoun uk /ˈbiː.laɪn/ us /ˈbiː.laɪn/  make a beeline for someone/something Add to word list Add to word list informal to go directly and quickly towards someone or something: At parties he always makes a beeline for the prettiest woman in the room. Advancing and moving forward

• ballistically
• bull
• come over phrasal verb
• cruise
• follow a path
• forward
• gain
• gain on someone/something phrasal verb
• ghost
• glide
• lead
• make for somewhere/something phrasal verb
• make towards something/someone phrasal verb
• proceed
• progress
• pull
• roll
• run
• stream
• troop

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beeline It is no wonder that, over the centuries—and especially in this one—authoritarian politicians have made a beeline for the arts. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 All that will be necessary will be to take a beeline for one of our burning pit heaps. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Many of them make a beeline for the pub, and before long are back again in prison. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It appears that a syndicate had sunk a shaft and had driven a heading in a beeline right from one of the buttresses of the viaduct, threatening it with destruction. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 And devotees and ardent worshippers make a beeline to the temple every year. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The flowers are very small, less than.5 in long, with a white beeline on the lower lip that leads into the throat. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. And it gives us a beeline to what people really like. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Anyone with a team of horses made a bee-line for the station. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. All the cognoscenti of the urban milieu make a beeline to the event. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The bright azure-blue flowers are.5 in long with a white beeline in the throat pointing toward the nectar and pollen. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. He then proceeded to make a beeline towards the safety of the clubhouse, as the area around home plate and much of the field was covered with celebrating fans. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The fishermen would make a beeline to the goals, catch the fish around them, and say the scientists do not know what they are talking about. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Vidya expected him to make a beeline for the fertile farms and prowl amongst the fields of onions, cauliflower and sugarcane. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Tom scans the scene only to find another shark fin on a beeline towards him! From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. What is the pronunciation of beeline?

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