turn-tail

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
fly the coop, head for the hills, hightail it, lam, run away, scarper, scat, take to the woods, run, bunk, break away, escape,

Synonyms

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

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