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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | leave, retreat |
| Synonyms: | abandon, abdicate, absent, beat it, blast off, cut and run, cut out, decamp, desert, disappear, emigrate, escape, evacuate, exit, get away, git, go, go away, go forth, hit the bricks, hit the road, hit the trail, make a break, march out, migrate, move on, move out, part, perish, pull out, quit, remove, retire, sally forth, say goodbye, scram, secede, set forth, shove off, slip away, split*, start, start out, take leave, tergiversate, troop, vacate, vanish, withdraw |
| Antonyms: | arrive, come, enter |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | strike |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | walk out of job in protest |
| Synonyms: | arbitrate, be on strike, boycott, go on strike, hit the bricks, hold out, mediate, mutiny, negotiate, picket, quit, refuse to work, resist, revolt, sit down, sit in, slow down, stick out, stop, tie up |
| Notes: | to put up a tent is to pitch it; to take down a tent is to strike it |
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