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verb
To depart hastily or unannounced; to escape or flee.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
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Synonyms: none provided
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verb
To escape from a pen or similar enclosure.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
flee; take to one's heels; cut and run
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: scat, run, scarper, turn tail, lam, run away, hightail it, bunk, head for the hills, take to the woods, escape, break away
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: leave, go forth, go away
Narrower terms: flee, fly, take flight, skedaddle
History
From fly, to flee or run away, + coop, an enclosure for birds.
Across languages
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