noun

beeline

beeline

He made a beeline for the exit.

He made a beeline for the exit.

make a beeline for ((sth.)) to go directly and quickly towards (sth.) The children made a beeline for the candy store.

Synonyms: direct route, straight path

From the belief that bees fly in a straight line ('line') back to their hive.

Imagine a bee flying in a perfectly straight line back to its home. It's almost always used in the phrase 'make a beeline for something'.

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