get away [get]  
Main Entry:
break  [breyk]
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: exit
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: leave a place
Synonyms: bid farewell, blow*, depart, do vanishing act, flake off, get away, get off, get*, git, go, go away, go out, issue, move, move out, quit, retire, retreat, say goodbye, split*, take a hike, take one's leave, withdraw
Antonyms: arrive, come in, enter, go in
* = informal/non-formal usage
Main Entry: flee
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: run away to escape
Synonyms: abscond, avoid, beat a hasty retreat, blow*, bolt*, break, cut and run, cut out, decamp, depart, desert, elude, evade, fly, fly the coop, get away, get the hell out, get*, hotfoot, jump, leave, make a getaway, make off, make one's escape, make oneself scarce, make quick exit, make tracks, retreat, scamper, scoot, scram, skedaddle, skip*, split*, step on it, step on the gas, take a hike, take flight, take off, vamoose, vanish
Antonyms: face, meet, stand, stay, wait
* = informal/non-formal usage
Main Entry: fly
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: escape, flee
Synonyms: abscond, avoid, bolt, break, clear, clear out, cut and run, decamp, disappear, get away, hasten away, hide, hightail, light out, make a getaway, make a quick exit, make off, run for it, run from, run*, skedaddle, skip, steal away, take flight, take off, withdraw
Antonyms: confront, face, remain, stay
* = informal/non-formal usage
Main Entry: go
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: advance, proceed physically
Synonyms: abscond, approach, beat it, bug out, cruise, decamp, depart, escape, exit, fare, flee, fly, get away, get going, get lost, get off, hie, hightail, hit the road, journey, lam, leave, light out, make a break for it, make for, make one's way, mosey, move, move out, near, pass, progress, pull out, push off, push on, quit, repair, retire, run along, run away, set off, shove off, skip out, split*, take a hike, take a powder, take flight, take leave, take off, travel, vamoose, wend, withdraw
Antonyms: stay, stop
* = informal/non-formal usage
Main Entry: move
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: be in motion, put in motion
Synonyms: actuate, advance, blow, budge, bustle, carry, change, climb, crawl, cross, depart, dislocate, disturb, drift, drive, exit, flow, fly, get away, get going, get off, glide, go, go away, head for, hurry, impel, jump, leap, leave, locomote, march, migrate, off-load, position, proceed, progress, propel, pull out, push, quit, relocate, remove, roll, run, scram, shift, ship, shove, skip out, split, stir, switch, take off, transfer, transport, transpose, travel, traverse, walk, withdraw
Antonyms: fix, pause, remain, stay, stop
Main Entry: push off/push on
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: leave; go to another place
Synonyms: beat it, continue, depart, exit, fare, get away, get lost, go, go away, hie, hit the road, journey, keep going, launch, light out, make oneself scarce, make progress, pass, proceed, process, pull out, quit, repair, shove off, start, take off, travel, wend, withdraw
Antonyms: arrive, come
Main Entry: retire
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: leave a place or responsibility
Synonyms: absent oneself, decamp, deny oneself, depart, draw back, ebb, exit, fall back, get away, get off, give ground, give up work, give way, go, go away, go to bed, go to one's room, go to sleep, hand over, hit the sack, leave service, make vacant, part, pull back, pull out, recede, regress, relinquish, remove, repeal, rescind, resign, retreat, revoke, run along, rusticate, secede, seclude oneself, separate, sever connections, stop working, surrender, take off, turn in, withdraw, yield
Antonyms: begin, enter, join
Main Entry: withdraw
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: remove something or someone from situation
Synonyms: abjure, absent oneself, back out, bail out, blow, book, bow out, check out, depart, detach, disengage, draw away, draw back, drop out, ease out, eliminate, exfiltrate, exit, extract, fall back, get away, get lost, get off, give ground, give way, go, keep aloof, keep apart, leave, make oneself scarce, phase out, pull back, pull out, quail, quit, recede, recoil, retire, retreat, run along, secede, seclude oneself, shrink, switch, take a hike, take away, take leave, take off, take out, vacate
Antonyms: remain, stay
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