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to cheese it 

VERB. To run away quickly; to flee; to get away from.
"We're in big trouble if they catch us here. We gotta cheese it."

"This party is lame. I want to cheese it."

"The person watching Equus on Broadway grabbed Daniel Radcliffe's pants and then cheesed it."

Cheese It!

To run away from the scene of a crime/what you say when you're running away when you've done something wrong.
Mainly used by Bender in Futurama.
*after playing a prank on the Dean*
Bender: Cheese it!

Cheese it!

One of the prevailing slang words of the working class culture of Lower Manhattan in the late 1840s and into the period of the American Civil War. They spoke a unique slang, with phrases such as "Hi-hi," "Lam him" and "Cheese it" all derived from Irish and Cokney slang.

Strong on Music: The New York Music Scene in the Days of George Templeton Strong. Volume I: Resonances, 1838-1849. The University of Chicago Press.
Lawrence, Vera Brodsky (1988).
Cheese it! the cops!!!
Cheese it! by sno raven September 25, 2008

cheese it 

adverb:
1) to run away from a member of law enforcement or authority.

Derived from the jive talk word from the 50's era. First said in the movie West Side Story.
"Cheese it fellas, it's the fuzz"
cheese it by Rachel Horowitz September 15, 2006

Cheese it 

To overcome unfavorable odds or tackle a situation in an unconventional manner.
We are losing this fight but we can cheese it by abusing a glitch that reduces the enemies damage.
Cheese it by Novelion February 10, 2019

cheese it 

In the game Super Mario Maker (on Wii U), it means to beat a level or get past something difficult in an easier but unintended way.
Basically, an unintended shortcut.
I totally just cheesed that entire part with the saws and spikes! I wish I had known I could cheese it earlier.
cheese it by powderedtoast May 21, 2019