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To turn away from someone or something, in preparation for running away
To go back over the same ground that one has traveled
To avoid (something), especially out of fear
Verb
▲
To turn away from someone or something, in preparation for running away
flee
bolt
vamoose
scram
skedaddle
scarper
retreat
make off
run away
beat a hasty retreat
cut and run
beat a retreat
run scared
turn around
desert under fire
show a clean pair of heels
make a U-turn
take flight
take off
split
beat it
clear out
run for it
escape
run off
leg it
peel out
do a bunk
skidoo
fly
head for the hills
cut out
do a runner
make a break for it
make a run for it
withdraw
bug out
make a quick exit
light out
take a powder
run
clear off
retire
fall back
pull out
go through
shoot through
fly the coop
pull back
decamp
hightail it
leave
back off
recoil
hook it
depart
draw back
break
skip off
levant
do a disappearing act
make oneself scarce
abscond
shrink
do a fade
give ground
quit
back away
absent yourself
make a getaway
go
disengage
be gone
take to your heels
give way
drop back
back out
scoot
hightail
move away
recede
evacuate
take a hike
make tracks
scamper
go away
get away
take it on the lam
shrink away
baulk
UK
balk
US
move back
vacate
slope off
make quick exit
retract
desert
vanish
disappear
shy away
exit
get
shun
blow
step on it
move out
move
dash off
scatter
do a moonlight flit
regress
distance oneself
shrink back
pull away
step back
resile
turn away
go backward
flit
fly from
set off
set out
flee from
make an exit
run away from
bolt from
jump
hotfoot
step on the gas
make a break
move along
make your escape
steal away
hasten away
break out of
get out
avoid
run from
hide
lam
clear
scurry
hustle
shake a leg
hasten
make haste
hurry up
scat
speed
race
expedite
zip
get a move on
dart
go like lightning
move fast
spur
dash
make time
rush
whiz
get lost
hurry
push on
bug off
pack off
dig out
push off
step along
shove off
buzz off
book
get off
hit the road
peel off
sally forth
bail out
walk out
pull stakes
bail
begone
pike off
part
go off
pack up
pike out
run along
take French leave
defect
go AWOL
go absent without leave
go missing
check out
sneak off
go west
walk
evade
fold
elude
abandon
back down
go back
get going
skip
sling your hook
be off
be on your way
voetsak
hamba
rack off
bog off
hop it
hit the trail
shoo
head off
avaunt
hotfoot it
slip away
sod off
shoot
take leave
go jump in the lake
nick off
go and jump in the lake
tear
career
barrel
sneak away
naff off
haul off
go on the lam
start out
get along
hurtle
scuttle
zoom
hare
trot
hie
bustle
belt
duck out
abstract oneself
on your bike
up sticks
be off with you
course
buzz
bomb
step
break out
break free
do a vanishing act
say your goodbyes
move off
walk off
pelt
careen
bound
bundle
whisk
whirl
drive
blast
sprint
breeze
rocket
motor
bowl
blaze
jet
hurl
cannonball
rustle
travel
spring
whizz
charge
highball
make
repair
remove
break loose
make a escape
get free
get moving
make a move
push along
get stuffed
pop off
do a Skase
pack your bags
have it away
take a long walk on a short pier
betake oneself
draw away
take wing
hop the twig
take yourself off
break camp
hop the stick
nip
rip
trip
chase
gambol
ram
hump
scutter
gallop
skirr
streak
beetle
skitter
head
bust
crack on
scorch
flash
zap
bucket
cut loose
say goodbye
get out of my sight
run out on
step out
make a start
walk out on
strike out
burn rubber
barrel along
leave flat
go your way
get under way
skip out
post
beeline
accelerate
tear off
spread
amble
range
cruise
have it away on one's toes
yeet
make like a tree and get out of here
make like a tree and leave
egress
wend
mosey
fly away
whistle
move quickly
be quick
go and chase yourself
make for
make one's way
cannon
book it
get cracking
abdicate
slip
take one's farewells
take to flight
leave in a hurry
migrate
emigrate
sally
git
bust out
pass
emerge
elope
double
absquatulate
jump ship
free oneself
extricate oneself
advance
absent
proceed
troop
start
separate
say adieu
stampede
sweep
whoosh
burst out
whip
break up
say farewell
go forth
set forth
flourish
wing
scud
shift
break away from
wriggle out
blast off
march out
move on
hit the bricks
brandish
go out
make one's departure
boogie
clip
conk out
dedomicile
ditch
dump
depart suddenly
play hooky
get away with
work out of
go scot-free
slip through your fingers
pass quickly
go like the clappers
show quickly
lay rubber
go south
make scarce
make a quick getaway
dog it
depart secretly
get out of someone's clutches
make good one's escape
take on the lam
jog
break off
split up
quit the scene
say one's farewells
ease out
go one's ways
part company
ship out
make one's farewells
go separate ways
go like the wind
go like a bat out of hell
romp
make a dash for it
drop out
opt out
leave in the lurch
cop out
run like scared rabbit
kiss goodbye
leave holding the bag
leave high and dry
frolic
kite
speed away
go from
go away from
pull out of
disappear from
remove oneself
be gone from
withdraw from
retire from
depart from
decamp from
abscond from
exit from
take oneself off from
absent oneself from
leap
caper
hop
dance
prance
beat off
hurry away
lope
frisk
cavort
bob
skiddoo
canter
buck
tiptoe
graze
get on your bike
ricochet
carom
skim
glance
hippety-hop
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“We should have been able to say that we did not
turn tail
upon our enemies.”
Verb
▲
To go back over the same ground that one has traveled
retrace your steps
backpedal
backtrack
return
retreat
retrocede
retrograde
go back
turn back
double back
fall back
withdraw
retract
retire
reverse
recede
go into reverse
drive back
move back
draw back
go back over the same ground
regress
back
move backwards
recant
back away
do an about-turn
do a U-turn
do a volte-face
about-face
back off
back down
move backward
back up
drive backwards
do an about-face
go backward
retrogress
ebb
flow back
fall away
drop back
pull out
back out
go down
sink
subside
abate
fall
depart
eat your words
move further off
draw away
get lower
go away
move away
settle
flow away
go out
reconsider
recoil
flip-flop
row back
climb down
change your decision
eat humble pie
change one's attitude
change your mind
concede defeat
change one's plans
give in
run away
sink lower
repudiate
renounce
renege
abjure
repeal
forswear
unsay
disavow
disclaim
abnegate
revoke
recall
cancel
disown
deny
rescind
foreswear
countermand
annul
withcall
apologize
US
welsh
suspend
eliminate
exclude
apologise
UK
take back
go back on
renege on
change mind
call off
rule out
have change of heart
row back on
back out of
change one's tune
forget it
backtrack on
do an about-turn on
do a U-turn on
more ❯
Verb
▲
To avoid (something), especially out of fear
funk
evade
dodge
avoid
duck
get out of
run away from
wriggle out of
cop out of
duck out of
baulk at
escape from
recoil from
wuss out
flinch from
take fright
chicken out of
escape
shirk
sidestep
duck-shove
bypass
cut
get around
elude
skive off
shake
scape
finesse
decline
weasel out of
skirt round
shuffle out of
slide out of
shun
circumvent
skive
bilk
steer clear of
back out of
eschew
skirt
parry
neglect
renege
quit
tergiversate
shy from
pussyfoot around
pay no attention to
find a way out of
pull out of
turn back on
shrink from
find a way round
give a wide berth to
beat
shortcut
skip
brush off
abandon
desert
backpedal
welsh
revoke
renounce
withdraw
juke
tergiverse
discount
cop out
excuse
dance around
disregard
ignore
overlook
back down
back out
give the slip
back off
weasel out
get out
dispense with
give something a miss
get away from
short-circuit
give the slip to
keep one's distance from
be oblivious to
turn your back on
lay low from
fend off
pay no mind
unmind
unheed
turn a blind eye to
tune out
shirk from
keep off
take no notice of
pay no heed to
go around
shake off
miss
cheat
fence
forget
dog
bludge
slough off
leave something undone
lose sight of
play truant from
be lax about
not attend
not attend to
pay little attention to
skimp on
let something slide
be remiss about
lie down on job
shuffle off
body-swerve
lose
ditch
pass over
leave behind
dismiss
give a wide berth
flee
outmanoeuvre
UK
outmaneuver
US
keep your distance
foil
stay away from
thwart
outflank
keep at arm's length
balk
US
baulk
UK
pussyfoot
get round
fight shy of
skirt around
slip away from
throw off the scent
omit
skim over
break away from
gloss over
frustrate
circumnavigate
baffle
outwit
burke
outrun
fudge
shuck
throw off
fly
shy
weasel
work around
steer clear
slip
make light of
get rid of
end-run
overpass
keep clear of
find a way around
skate over
wink at
blink at
keep well away
avoid like the plague
give the runaround
reject
slip through the net of
slur over
shut eyes to
brush aside
fail to deal with
pass up
look the other way
turn a deaf ear to
slip through your fingers
shrug off
trick
hack
find a loophole
skulk
run away
wriggle
overcome
deflect
stymie
field
keep out of the way of
outpace
outstrip
outdistance
clear
forestall
defeat
goldbrick
malinger
check
prevent
extricate oneself from
get ahead of
rid
sneak away from
fence off
answer evasively
stay clear of
get past
hide from
blow off
get shot of
get clear of
get free from
sneak away
slip out
tap dance around
talk around
forgo
escape the clutches of
lead on a merry chase
fast forward
leave out
cut out
do without
hedge
double
skip out on
run from
flannel
equivocate
prevaricate
take back road
depart from
deviate from
get away
detour
misheed
whitewash
go around the barn
waffle
stonewall
run around
let it go
take no notice
gloze over
leave be
fail to notice
connive
exclude
look through
never mind
turn blind eye
slight
paper over
close your eyes to
pay no mind to
turn deaf ear
not take into account
push aside
turn a blind eye
bury one's head in sand
not listen
stay shy of
be beyond
slip through the net
avoid answering
be equivocal about
be evasive about
quibble about
go past
go round
not give a straight answer to
beat around bush
not pay
beg the question
beat about the bush about
pass round
keep out of
detour round
pass around
make a detour round
forsake
pretermit
defer
contemn
discard
underestimate
scant
elide
depreciate
overleap
postpone
procrastinate
fail to care for
not care
have nothing to do with
be derelict
laugh off
throw to the winds
be remiss in
set aside
trifle with
let go
be irresponsible
not care for
be remiss
let pass
fail to look after
think little of
procrastinate over
leave alone
be indifferent
be negligent
be careless
live with
fail to provide for
not trouble oneself
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