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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
beeline/ˈbiːlʌɪn/

▶noun (in phr. make a beeline for) hurry directly to.

– origin C19: with ref. to the straight line supposedly taken instinctively by a bee returning to the hive.

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