Meaning of put an egg in one's shoe and beat it | Babel Free

Definitions

To go away; get lost; scram.

imperative, slang

Examples

“You better put an egg in your shoe and beat it before incidents occur to you.”

“At twenty to ten, Henry Beaufort, bartender and owner of The Mellow Tiger, had invited Hugh to put an egg in his shoe and beat it, to make like a tree and leave, to imitate an amoeba and split — in other words, to get the fuck out.”

CEFR level