take to one's heels

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28 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: плюя си на петите (pljuja si na petite) — to flee or run away
• Czech: vzít nohy na ramena — to flee or run away
• Dutch: het hazenpad kiezen — to flee or run away
• Finnish: ottaa hatkat — to flee or run away
• French: prendre ses jambes à son cou — to flee or run away
• German: sich davonmachen — to flee or run away
• German: sich aus dem Staub machen — to flee or run away
• German: die Beine in die Hand nehmen — to flee or run away
• German: Reißaus nehmen — to flee or run away
• Greek: το βάζω στα πόδια (to vázo sta pódia) — to flee or run away
• Hindi: नौ दो ग्यारह होना (nau do gyārah honā) — to flee or run away
• Hungarian: felhúzza a nyúlcipőt — to flee or run away
• Icelandic: taka til fótanna — to flee or run away
• Icelandic: taka á rás — to flee or run away
• Irish: na boinn a bhaint as — to flee or run away
• Polish: brać nogi za pas — to flee or run away
• Polish: wziąć nogi za pas — to flee or run away
• Portuguese: pôr os pés em polvorosa — to flee or run away
• Romanian: a-și lua picioarele la spinare — to flee or run away
• Romanian: a o lua la sănătoasa — to flee or run away
• Serbo-Croatian: podbrusiti pete — to flee or run away
• Spanish: apretar los talones — to flee or run away
• Spanish: salir en carrera — to flee or run away
• Spanish: poner pies en polvorosa — to flee or run away
• Spanish: darse a la fuga — to flee or run away
• Tamil: ஓட்டம்பிடி (ōṭṭampiṭi) — to flee or run away
• Yiddish: מאַכן פּליטה (makhn pleyte) — to flee or run away
• Yiddish: נעמען די פֿיס אויף די פּלייצעס (nemen di fis oyf di pleytses) — to flee or run away