fly-the-coop

Verbs

(v) flee; take to one's heels; cut and run
- If you see this man, run!
- The burglars escaped before the police showed up
head for the hills, hightail it, lam, run away, scarper, scat, take to the woods, turn tail, run, bunk, break away, escape,

Synonyms

head for the hills hightail it lam run away scarper scat take to the woods turn tail run bunk break away escape

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