| VERB | motion | run away, scat, run, scarper, turn tail, lam, hightail it, bunk, head for the hills, take to the woods, escape, fly the coop, break away | flee |
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| motion | run away | escape from the control of |
| Meaning | flee; take to one's heels; cut and run. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Synonyms | scat, run, scarper, turn tail, lam, hightail it, bunk, head for the hills, take to the woods, escape, fly the coop, break away | |
| Narrower | flee, fly, take flight | run away quickly |
| skedaddle | run away, as if in a panic | |
| Broader | leave, go forth, go away | go away from a place |
| See also | run | move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time |
| Spanish | correr, escapar, evadir, huir | |
| Catalan | escapar, escapolir-se, evadir, fugir | |
| Nouns | runaway | someone who flees from an uncongenial situation |
| Meaning | escape from the control of. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s; Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s something PP | |
| Broader | escape, get away, break loose | run away from confinement |
| Catalan | fugir | |
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