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Definitions

take a hike

VERB

blow

Synonyms

STRONGEST

STRONG

depart split

WEAK

hit the road take a powder

Antonyms

WEAK

arrive come come in

VERB

bug off

Synonyms

WEAK

beat it buzz off cut out depart get lost hit the road leave move out scram shove off split

VERB

clear out

Synonyms

WEAK

beat it begone decamp depart go hightail kite make oneself scarce remove oneself retire scram skedaddle split take off vamoose withdraw

Antonyms

WEAK

arrive fill fill up put rush in

VERB

desert

Synonyms

STRONGEST

betray bolt depart escape flee forsake give up quit vacate

STRONG

abscond apostatize beach chuck decamp duck fly go jilt leave light maroon relinquish renounce resign split strand tergiversate walk

WEAK

bail out check out cop out crawl out go AWOL go back on go over the hill go west leave high and dry leave in the lurch leave stranded opt out play truant pull out run out on sneak off take off throw over violate oath

Antonyms

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come continue remain stay wait

STRONG

care face hold keep maintain stop

WEAK

aid assist come back help support

VERB

exit

Synonyms

STRONGEST

blow depart get off go out quit retire withdraw

STRONG

get git go issue move retreat split

WEAK

bid farewell do vanishing act flake off get away go away move out say goodbye take one's leave

Antonyms

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arrive come continue enter remain stay

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discourage dissuade stop surrender

WEAK

come in go in

VERB

flee

Synonyms

STRONGEST

depart desert fly get jump leave retreat take off vanish

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abscond avoid blow bolt break decamp elude evade hotfoot scamper scoot scram skedaddle skip slip slip away split vamoose

WEAK

beat a hasty retreat cut and run cut out fly the coop get away get the hell out make a getaway make off make one's escape make oneself scarce make quick exit make tracks step on it step on the gas take flight

Antonyms

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arrive come continue face stay

STRONG

dawdle join meet take on wait

WEAK

stand

VERB

get along

Synonyms

WEAK

advance be off go go away leave march move move off move on proceed progress push ahead

Antonyms

WEAK

argue arrive bicker cease halt stop

VERB

get out

Synonyms

STRONGEST

avoid break out go leave take off

WEAK

alight be off beat it begone bug off buzz off clear out decamp depart dodge duck egress evacuate evade exit extricate oneself flee fly free oneself hightail kite make tracks run away scram shirk shun skedaddle split vacate vamoose withdraw

Antonyms

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come stay

WEAK

capture grab seize

VERB

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flee fly leave move pass progress retire travel

STRONG

abscond approach cruise decamp depart escape exit fare hie hightail journey lam mosey near quit repair split vamoose wend withdraw

WEAK

beat it bug out get away get going get lost get off hit the road light out make a break for it make for make one's way move out pull out push off push on run along run away set off shove off skip out take a powder take flight take leave take off

Antonyms

STRONGEST

remain stay stop

STRONG

arrive wait

VERB

leave

Synonyms

STRONGEST

disappear escape flee fly go move quit retire start take off withdraw

STRONG

abscond decamp defect desert ditch elope embark emigrate exit flit forsake issue migrate part relinquish sally scram slip slip away split vacate vamoose vanish

WEAK

beat it break away clear out come away cut out give the slip go away go forth head out move out pull out push off remove oneself ride off run along say goodbye set out slip out step down take leave walk out

Antonyms

STRONGEST

arrive come complete face finish remain stay stop

STRONG

come in hold join keep

WEAK

care continue maintain

VERB

light out

Synonyms

WEAK

abscond depart escape head leave make make off quit set out strike out take off

Antonyms

WEAK

stay wait

VERB

part

Synonyms

STRONGEST

pull out separate

STRONG

break depart go quit split withdraw

WEAK

break off break up clear out cut and run dedomicile ease out go separate ways hit the road leave flat part company push off quit the scene say goodbye ship out shove off split up take leave take off walk out on

Antonyms

STRONG

allow come continue join remain stay wait

WEAK

arrive connect

VERB

withdraw

Synonyms

STRONGEST

depart disengage drop out eliminate go leave pull back pull out quit retire retreat

STRONG

abjure blow book detach exit extract quail recede recoil secede shrink switch vacate

WEAK

absent oneself back out bail out bow out check out draw away draw back ease out exfiltrate fall back get away get lost get off give ground give way keep aloof keep apart make oneself scarce phase out run along seclude oneself take away take leave take off take out

Antonyms

STRONGEST

begin come continue engage enter join keep persevere stay

STRONG

arrive combine come in face meet unite

WEAK

advance allow permit remain

Example Sentences

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Just three years after their most popular player leads them to the greatest moment in franchise history, they sigh and shrug and tell him to take a hike.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2025

During protests in Berkeley, California, in 2017, when right-wing protesters clashed with anti-fascist groups, he said he told white nationalists to "take a hike".

From BBC • Dec. 22, 2022

Only about 15 years ago, he said, did the park management tell him to take a hike.

From New York Times • Dec. 22, 2022

Go on now, go, please take a hike, Just understand now, that your stuff I didn’t like.

From Washington Post • Nov. 18, 2021

But I had a job to do, and my nerves could take a hike.

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler

take a hike

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