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ABSCONDED
| Main Entry: |
absconded
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| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | left quickly |
| Synonyms: | escaped, fled |
| Main Entry: | bolt |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | run quickly away |
| Synonyms: | abscond, bail out, bound, cop out, cut loose, cut out, dart, dash, ditch*, drop out, dump*, escape, flee, flight, fly, hightail, hotfoot, hurtle, jump, kiss goodbye, leap, leave flat, leave high and dry, leave holding the bag, leave in the lurch, make a break for it, make off, make tracks, opt out, run like scared rabbit, run out on, rush, scamper, scoot, skedaddle, skip, split*, spring, sprint, start, startle, step on it, take flight, take off, walk out on |
| Antonyms: | stay, wait |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | break |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | run away |
| Synonyms: | abscond, bust out, clear out, cut and run, dash, decamp, escape, flee, fly, get away, get out |
| Notes: | to brake is to slow or stop while break is to cause to separate into pieces suddenly or violently, smash or crack |
| Antonyms: | stay, wait |
| Main Entry: | break out |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | escape |
| Synonyms: | abscond, bolt, break loose, burst out, bust out, depart, flee, get free, leave |
| Main Entry: | defect |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | break from belief, faith |
| Synonyms: | abandon, abscond, apostatize, back out, break faith, change sides, depart, desert, fall away from, forsake, go, go back on, go over, go over the fence, lapse, leave, pull out, quit, rat, rebel, reject, renege, renounce, revolt, run out, schism, sell out, spurn, take a walk, tergiversate, tergiverse, turn, turn coat, walk out on, withdraw |
| Antonyms: | come in, join |
| Main Entry: | desert |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | abandon, defect |
| Synonyms: | abscond, apostatize, bail out, beach, betray, bolt, check out*, chuck, cop out, crawl out, decamp, depart, duck*, escape, flee, fly, forsake, give up, go, go AWOL, go back on, go over the hill, go west, jilt, leave, leave high and dry, leave in the lurch, leave stranded, light, maroon, opt out, play truant, pull out, quit, relinquish, renounce, resign, run out on, sneak off, split*, strand, take a hike, take off, tergiversate, throw over, vacate, violate oath, walk |
| Notes: | that impoverished stretch of sand called a desert can only afford one 's'; that rich gooey extra thing at the end of the meal called a dessert indulges in two of them |
| Antonyms: | aid, assist, come back, help, stay, support |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | disappear |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | vanish; cease |
| Synonyms: | abandon, abscond, be done for, be gone, be lost, be no more, be swallowed up, cease to exist, clear, come to naught, decamp, dematerialize, depart, die, die out, disperse, dissipate, dissolve, drop out of sight, ebb, end, end gradually, escape, evanesce, evanish, evaporate, exit, expire, fade, fade away, flee, fly, go, go south, leave, leave no trace, melt, melt away, pass, pass away, perish, recede, retire, retreat, sink, take flight, vacate, vamoose, wane, withdraw |
| Antonyms: | appear, arrive, come in |
| Main Entry: | elope |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | run away to be married |
| Synonyms: | abscond, bolt, decamp, disappear, escape, flee, fly, go secretly, go to Gretna Green, leave, run off, skip*, slip away, slip out, steal away |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | escape |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | break away from |
| Synonyms: | abscond, avoid, bail out, bolt, burst out, circumvent, cut and run, cut loose, decamp, depart, desert, disappear, dodge, double, duck, duck out, elope, elude, emerge, evade, flee, fly, fly the coop, get away with, get off, go scot-free, leave, make getaway, make off, make oneself scarce, pass, play hooky, run, run away, run off, run out on, shun, skip, slip, slip away, steal away, take a powder, take flight, take on the lam, vanish, work out of, wriggle out |
| Antonyms: | capture, remain, stay |
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