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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | flee |
| Synonyms: | blow*, bolt, clear out, dart, dash, decamp, expedite, fly, fly the coop, get a move on, go like lightning, hasten, hightail it, hurry, hurry up, hustle, leave, make haste, make oneself scarce, make time, make tracks, move, move fast, race, run, rush, scamper, scat, scoot, scurry, shake a leg, speed, split, spur, step on it, take off, vamoose, whiz, zip |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | beat it |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | leave hastily |
| Synonyms: | go away, hurry away, leave, scram, shoo, skedaddle, vamoose |
| 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: | clear out |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | leave, often quickly |
| Synonyms: | beat it, begone, decamp, depart, go, hightail, kite, make oneself scarce, remove oneself, retire, scram, skedaddle, split*, take a hike, take off, vamoose, withdraw |
| Antonyms: | arrive, rush in |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | decamp |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | depart suddenly |
| Synonyms: | beat it, bolt, break camp, clear out, depart, disappear, escape, evacuate, flee, head for the hills, hightail, hit the road, make a break for it, make oneself scarce, make tracks, run away, scram, skedaddle, slip away, vamoose |
| 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: | get out |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | escape |
| Synonyms: | alight, avoid, be off, beat it, begone, break out, bug off, buzz off, clear out, decamp, depart, dodge, duck, egress, evacuate, evade, exit, extricate oneself, flee, fly, free oneself, go, hightail, kite, leave, make tracks, run away, scram, shirk, shun, skedaddle, split, take a hike, take off, vacate, vamoose, withdraw |
| Antonyms: | capture, grab, seize |
| Main Entry: | make off |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | flee, run away |
| Synonyms: | abscond, bolt*, clear, cut and run, decamp, depart, escape, fly*, go, leave, make away, quit, retire, run, run for it, run off, scamper, scoot, skedaddle, skip*, withdraw |
| Antonyms: | stay, wait |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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