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beeline definition

☆ bee·line (-līn′)

noun

a straight line or direct route from one place to another: now chiefly in the phrase make a beeline for, to go straight toward

Etymology: from the belief that a bee usually flies straight back to its hive after getting nectar

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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