Verb

• S: (v) scat, run, scarper, turn tail, lam, run away, hightail it, bunk, head for the hills, take to the woods, escape, fly the coop, break away (flee; take to one's heels; cut and run) "If you see this man, run!"; "The burglars escaped before the police showed up"
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• W: (n) lam [Related to: lam] (a rapid escape (as by criminals)) "the thieves made a clean getaway"; "after the expose he had to take it on the lam"
• W: (n) runaway [Related to: run away] (someone who flees from an uncongenial situation) "fugitives from the sweatshops"
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