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To make tracks: "The cops came and we booked outta there!!" Sometimes, "book it."
Elizabeth Kelley

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Hardly a Bostonism. We used this in the 70s in the suburbs of Detroit, and I don;t doubt it was more widespread than that.

Rod Johnson on January 11, 2004 06:52 PM.

the propa turm is "BOOK IT" the cops are cuming

Murph on June 11, 2004 04:06 AM.

Yeah, we had this one over in the DC suburbs in the '70s growing up, as in "He came bookin' around third base so fast there was no way he was gonna get thrown out," or, "Man, that guy is the fastest guy in our P.E. class -- he can really book." I think maybe it's a variation on "boogie" (i.e. to move really fast), which got shortened down to "boog" and then got turned in to "book."

MarkA on February 9, 2005 05:25 PM.

"Book" is often used by young adults in the midwest to imply getting out of somewhere quickly. Frankly, I think we all picked it up from "NYPD Blue."

Roz on July 9, 2005 12:23 PM.

Naw, we used it in San Francisco a couple of centuries ago... When I was growing up.

Pirate on August 25, 2005 02:51 PM.

I use this all the time, generally as others have said. "Book it."

And I never watched NYPD. I'm too young. (Still in highschool.)

Chey on October 13, 2005 07:26 PM.

never heard this ever. Then again i wasn't alive in 70s or 80s and don't watch nypd blue cause also still (actually just started) high school

Andreas on October 16, 2005 10:09 PM.

We used to book from tha cops alot in Quincy.

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Helen on December 18, 2006 12:34 PM.

We say it here in Southern California too.

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