HyperDic: take_to_the_woods

English > 1 sense of the expression take to the woods:
VERBmotiontake to the woods, scat, run, scarper, turn tail, lam, run away, hightail it, bunk, head for the hills, escape, fly the coop, break awayflee
English > take to the woods: 1 sense > verb 1, motion
Meaningflee; take to one's heels; cut and run.
PatternSomething ----s; Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP
Synonymsscat, run, scarper, turn tail, lam, run away, hightail it, bunk, head for the hills, escape, fly the coop, break away
Narrowerflee, fly, take flightrun away quickly
skedaddlerun away, as if in a panic
Broaderleave, go forth, go awaygo away from a place
Spanishcorrer, escapar, evadir, huir
Catalanescapar, escapolir-se, evadir, fugir

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