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take to the woods, v.
more info flee; take to one's heels; cut and run
<verb.motion>   freq. cnt.: 52 freq. cnt.: 38 freq. cnt.: 12 freq. cnt.: 2

break away bunk escape fly the coop head for the hills hightail it lam run run away scarper scat take to the woods turn tail

sample sentences

"If you see this man, run!"
"The burglars escaped before the police showed up"

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lexical pointers
derivationally related form
runaway
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
lam
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hypernym
leave, go away, go forth
hyponym
flee, fly, take flight skedaddle