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1. (verb) scat, run, scarper, turn tail, lam, run away, hightail it, bunk, head for the hills, take to the woods, escape, fly the coop, break away
flee; take to one's heels; cut and run
"If you see this man, run!"; "The burglars escaped before the police showed up"

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