RUN AWAY, run off, make a run for it, take flight, take off, make a break for it, flee, make one's getaway, escape; informal beat it, clear off, vamoose, skedaddle, split, cut and run, leg it, hotfoot it, show a clean pair of heels, scram; Brit. informal do a runner, scarper, do a bunk; N. Amer. informal light out, bug out; Austral. informal shoot through.
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