3
withdraw(verb, go, leave, abandon, back)
2
abscond(verb, rush, speed, velocity, rapidity)
2
back(verb, go, withdraw, leave, abandon)
2
back out(verb, expression, go, withdraw, leave)
2
beat a retreat(verb, expression, idiom)
2
beat it(verb, expression, go, withdraw, leave)
2
clear out
2
fall back(verb, expression, go, withdraw, leave)
2
fly(verb, rush, speed, velocity, rapidity)
2
levant(verb, rush, speed, velocity, rapidity)
2
make off
2
pull
2
retire(verb, go, withdraw, leave, abandon)
2
run off
2
scat
2
skip(verb, rush, speed, velocity, rapidity)
2
spin
2
turn(retreat, recoil, recede)
1
abandon(verb, go, withdraw, leave, return)
1
absquatulate(verb, rush, speed, velocity, rapidity)
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