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bn:00083961v

Verb Concept

scat run scarper turn tail lam

Flee; take to one's heels; cut and run WordNet 3.0

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Flee; take to one's heels; cut and run WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

To flee; to take to one's heels; to cut and run. OmegaWiki

To hurry or run; often, to flee. Wiktionary

To flee by running. Wiktionary

If you see this man, run! WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

The burglars escaped before the police showed up WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

He started to hightail it out of there, but I stopped him at the door. Wiktionary

The cat hightailed it out of the bushes. Wiktionary

The crowd had to run away from the burning structure with only the clothes on their backs. Wiktionary

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WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

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

Wiktionary

hightail it, run away

OmegaWiki

break away, escape, run, run away, scat, turn tail

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