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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
bolt
flee
skedaddle
make off
retreat
run away
scarper
scram
vamoose
beat a retreat
cut and run
run scared
turn around
beat a hasty retreat
desert under fire
make a U-turn
turn on a dime
show a clean pair of heels
escape
take off
split
beat it
take flight
run off
run for it
clear out
leg it
peel out
do a bunk
skidoo
fly
cut out
head for the hills
make a run for it
make a break for it
bug out
do a runner
make a quick exit
light out
clear off
take a powder
run
withdraw
go through
shoot through
fly the coop
pull out
retire
decamp
leave
fall back
hightail it
hook it
pull back
back off
do a disappearing act
skip off
levant
make oneself scarce
depart
draw back
break
recoil
abscond
do a fade
give ground
absent yourself
quit
shrink
be gone
back away
make a getaway
scoot
hightail
move away
go
give way
take to your heels
drop back
back out
scamper
disengage
make tracks
recede
evacuate
get away
take a hike
desert
go away
take it on the lam
move back
move
vanish
disappear
blow
exit
get
avoid
shun
balk
US
evade
slope off
vacate
step on it
elude
make your escape
make quick exit
shy away
shrink away
baulk
UK
move out
do a moonlight
scatter
do a moonlight flit
dash off
shrink back
regress
distance oneself
make a break
move along
step back
resile
turn away
go backward
jump
hotfoot
step on the gas
retract
steal away
hasten away
break out of
get out
run from
hide
lam
clear
flit
fly from
set off
set out
flee from
make an exit
run away from
bolt from
fold
abandon
back down
go back
book
bail
begone
part
take French leave
defect
go AWOL
go absent without leave
go missing
check out
sneak off
go west
walk
push on
bug off
dig out
push off
step along
shove off
buzz off
get off
peel off
sally forth
bail out
walk out
pull stakes
go off
run along
pack off
hit the road
pike off
pack up
pike out
pull away
scurry
hustle
hasten
scat
speed
race
expedite
zip
dart
spur
dash
rush
whiz
hurry
make haste
hurry up
move fast
kick rocks
make time
get lost
shake a leg
go like lightning
get a move on
skip
bound
hotfoot it
career
escape from
slip away
bustle
hie
withdraw from
abscond from
head off
up sticks
sprint
sling your hook
scuttle
shoot
barrel
gallop
break free
course
canter
head
break away
step
break out
forsake
get going
sneak away
spring
pack your bags
ditch
abstract oneself
say your goodbyes
make
trip
leap
gambol
tear
trot
go on the lam
disappear from
retire from
have it away
be gone from
go away from
slip out
depart from
exit from
take oneself off from
move out of
break loose
pull out of
take leave
bog off
cut loose
start out
charge
be on your way
hop
relinquish
caper
strike out
dump
dance
prance
absquatulate
romp
yeet
abdicate
embark
elope
hare
frisk
hurtle
zoom
cavort
bob
beetle
emigrate
lope
whisk
belt
pelt
migrate
sally
bundle
run out on
walk out on
set out from
drop out
bomb
start
break with
cut
motor
scramble
blast
buzz
repair
blaze
absent oneself from
get cracking
separate
remove
whip
advance
drive
careen
whirl
rustle
breeze
rocket
nip
travel
cannonball
scutter
chase
jet
decamp from
bowl
go forth
say goodbye
hurl
rip
ram
hump
be off
highball
take your leave of
buck
make a move
bust out
tiptoe
skirr
graze
get free
set forth
skitter
hippety-hop
hit the trail
betake oneself
get under way
break camp
crack on
take to flight
leave in a hurry
amble
dog it
make away
spread
fade away
bounce
tear off
do a Skase
depart suddenly
curvet
skiddoo
lollop
book it
range
cruise
go to hell
wend
mosey
be lost
fly away
skidaddle
retreat from
get out of
take yourself off
get on your bike
leave town
get out of someone's clutches
walk off
make one's way
make for
skip out
git
defect from
absent
proceed
troop
jog
disentangle yourself
sweep
run for the hills
have it away on one's toes
duck out
flit from
aim
beeline
steer
bear
veer
leave hastily
leave abruptly
go secretly
frolic
opt out
cop out
kiss goodbye
leave high and dry
blast off
rack off
move off
march out
move on
hit the bricks
abandon ship
stampede
make a dash for it
leave in the lurch
leave flat
leave holding the bag
do a vanishing act
make a escape
jump bail
empty
run like scared rabbit
rush off
speed away
streak
plunge
pace
bucket
whoosh
neglect
betray
disregard
bail out from
clear from
clear out from
pull out from
head out from
fleet
dispatch
press
whizz
haste
spurt
clip
wheech
reject
vroom
push
boogie
burst out
sunder out
burst out of
break loose from
come out
make one's escape from
tear along
waste no time
post
get your skates on
whip around
move quickly
cover ground
go hell for leather
burn rubber
barrel along
go like the clappers
not lose a minute
burn
speed up
take wing
shift
get the lead out
cut along
flash
express
go like a bat out of hell
go fast
go quickly
lay rubber
discard
issue
discount
jettison
run off from
take off from
move out from
make vacant
make empty
eject from
ignore
repeal
stir
forget
renounce
secede
become independent
gain autonomy
divide off
part company
disaffiliate
disclaim
go from
head out
jilt
remove oneself
ride off
disown
abort
revoke
screw
disengage from
give the slip
slope off from
step down
come away
disavow
drop
maroon
rescind
do a bunk from
say one's farewells
walk away
abstain from
bail on
refrain from
cheat on
turn your back on
do away with
back out on
be disloyal to
break up with
be unfaithful to
fail
ricochet
carom
skim
glance
more ❯
“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
go down
sink
subside
abate
fall
drop back
pull out
get lower
settle
recoil
flow away
run away
regroup
go out
reconsider
flip-flop
row back
climb down
change one's attitude
eat your words
change your decision
eat humble pie
change your mind
concede defeat
change one's plans
give in
depart
sink lower
back out
go away
move further off
move away
draw away
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
skive off
get around
elude
shake
skirt round
decline
scape
finesse
slide out of
weasel out of
shuffle out of
shun
circumvent
skive
bilk
steer clear of
back out of
skip
shrink from
skirt
eschew
renege
neglect
quit
parry
tergiversate
pull out of
shy from
pussyfoot around
find a way out of
turn back on
pay no attention to
find a way round
give a wide berth to
brush off
excuse
abandon
desert
rationalize
US
backpedal
welsh
revoke
renounce
withdraw
miss
shuffle off
discount
dance around
disregard
ignore
overlook
forget
dispense with
body-swerve
not attend
let something slide
scrimshank
leave something undone
dog
play truant from
cheat
bludge
creep
skimp on
fence
use pretext
cop out
have alibi
back down
rationalise
UK
back out
back off
weasel out
get out
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
slough off
lose sight of
bob off
be lax about
not attend to
pay little attention to
be remiss about
lie down on job
give the slip
beat
shortcut
juke
tergiverse
give something a miss
get away from
short-circuit
lose
ditch
give a wide berth
leave behind
dismiss
pass over
keep at arm's length
keep your distance
foil
stay away from
thwart
flee
balk
US
baulk
UK
outmanoeuvre
UK
outmaneuver
US
pussyfoot
get round
throw off the scent
fight shy of
break away from
gloss over
keep well away
avoid like the plague
frustrate
outflank
circumnavigate
baffle
outwit
burke
outrun
fudge
shuck
throw off
steer clear
fly
shy
weasel
work around
slip away from
slip
make light of
get rid of
end-run
overpass
keep clear of
skim over
find a way around
wink at
blink at
skirt around
omit
give the runaround
reject
slip through the net of
slur over
shut eyes to
skate over
brush aside
fail to deal with
look the other way
turn a deaf ear to
slip through your fingers
shrug off
drop out
pull out
trick
hack
skulk
run away
wriggle
field
overcome
keep out of the way of
outpace
outstrip
outdistance
clear
stymie
skip out on
goldbrick
malinger
deflect
extricate oneself from
put the move on
get ahead of
rid
sneak away from
fence off
answer evasively
stay clear of
duck out
hide from
blow off
get shot of
get clear of
get free from
sneak away
slip out
get past
defeat
escape the clutches of
lead on a merry chase
check
prevent
hedge
double
flannel
equivocate
prevaricate
misheed
whitewash
detour
run from
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
waffle
stonewall
take back road
depart from
deviate from
avoid answering
go around the barn
get away
be equivocal about
be evasive about
quibble about
run around
go past
go round
not give a straight answer to
beat around bush
not pay
beg the question
beat about the bush about
stay shy of
be beyond
slip through the net
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
pass up
be careless
live with
fail to provide for
not trouble oneself
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turn the air blue
turn the balance against
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turn the corner
turn the corners of one's mouth down
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