head_for_the_hills (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the expression *head for the hills*:
VERB	motion	head for the hills, scat, run, scarper, turn tail, lam, run away, hightail it, bunk, take to the woods, escape, fly the coop, break away	flee

English > *head for the hills*: 1 sense > verb 1, motion
Meaning	flee; take to one's heels; cut and run.
Pattern	Something ----s; Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP
Synonyms	scat, run, scarper, turn tail, lam, run away, hightail it, bunk, take to the woods, escape, fly the coop, break away
Narrower	flee, fly, take flight	run away quickly
Narrower	skedaddle	run away, as if in a panic
Broader	leave, go forth, go away	go away from a place
Spanish	correr, escapar, evadir, huir
Catalan	escapar, escapolir-se, evadir, fugir

HyperDic: head_for_the_hills