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verb

• to leave.

  I've got to jet.

  • See more words with the same meaning: to go, leave, exit.

  Last edited on Mar 16 1999. Submitted by Sarah from MI, USA on Mar 16 1999.

• to move quickly.

  He jetted from the cops.

  • See more words with the same meaning: fast, quick, quickly.
  • See more words with the same meaning: to go, leave, exit.

  Last edited on Apr 01 2006. Submitted by blah b. on Apr 01 2006.

• First use of the slang verb "to jet" in the sense of leaving swiftly, as far as this researcher can determine, is in the 50's science-fiction novel The Demolished Man, by Alfred Bester.

  Last edited on Oct 02 2012. Submitted by Anonymous on Oct 02 2012.