8
run away(verb, expression, go, withdraw, leave)
7
flee(verb, go, withdraw, leave, rush)
7
retreat(verb, go, run, turn, withdraw)
6
run(verb, go, withdraw, leave, abandon)
5
escape(verb, go, withdraw, leave, abandon)
5
skedaddle(verb, run, turn, retreat)
4
bunk
4
decamp(verb, go, withdraw, leave, abandon)
4
head for the hills
4
scarper(verb, rush, speed, velocity, rapidity)
4
take flight
3
bolt(verb, rush, speed, velocity, rapidity)
3
break away
3
cut and run(verb, expression, idiom)
3
depart(verb, go, withdraw, leave, abandon)
3
fly the coop
3
hightail it
3
lam(verb, rush, speed, velocity, rapidity)
3
take to the woods
3
turn around(verb, expression, phrasal verb, run, turn)
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