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make off(verb, get, run, leave)
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make oneself scarce(verb, idiom, run, leave)
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not touch(abandon, escape, renounce, evade)
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play hooky(run, slip, escape, depart)
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pull back(verb, go, withdraw, leave)
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reel back(retreat, recoil, recede)
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run off(verb, phrasal verb, run, pass)
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run out on(idiom, run, pass, slip)
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sheer off(verb, phrasal verb)
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shrink back(retreat, recoil, recede)
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shut out(verb, stop, break, close)
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sit on the fence(idiom, pass, withdraw, quit)
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slip away(verb, run, start, pass)
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stand aloof from(verb, idiom, reject, ignore)
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start back(verb, go, withdraw, leave)
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steal away(run, pass, slip, escape)
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swear off(verb, abandon, renounce, shun)
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take a powder(verb, idiom, run, pass)
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take flight(verb, get, run, leave)
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take on the lam(idiom, run, slip, depart)
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