take+to+one's+heels
111break away — verb 1. move away or escape suddenly (Freq. 2) The horses broke from the stable Three inmates broke jail Nobody can break out this prison is high security • Syn: ↑break, ↑break out • Derivationally relat …
112head for the hills — verb flee; take to one s heels; cut and run If you see this man, run! The burglars escaped before the police showed up • Syn: ↑scat, ↑run, ↑scarper, ↑turn tail, ↑lam, ↑run away, ↑ …
113hightail it — verb flee; take to one s heels; cut and run If you see this man, run! The burglars escaped before the police showed up • Syn: ↑scat, ↑run, ↑scarper, ↑turn tail, ↑lam, ↑run away, ↑ …
114run away — verb 1. flee; take to one s heels; cut and run (Freq. 12) If you see this man, run! The burglars escaped before the police showed up • Syn: ↑scat, ↑run, ↑scarper, ↑turn tail, ↑ …
115flee — I verb abandon, abscond, absent oneself, clear out, decamp, desert, disappear, effugere, escape, evacuate, evade, fly, fugam petere, hasten away, hide, make an escape, make off, play truant, remove oneself, retire, retreat, run, run away, run off …
116stampede — n 1. rush, dash, race, run, flight, rout, Chiefly Australian. breakaway, panic, scattering. v 2. scatter, flee, rout, rush, dash, race, Inf. tear off, take flight, take to one s heels, panic …
117tail — n 1. brush, scut, dock, Hunting. flag, Anat., Zool. cauda. 2. hinder part, rear appendage, tailpiece, rear; tail fin, flipper, rudder, stabilizer; (both of coins) reverse, flip side. 3. extremity, tip, nib, end; conclusion, termination, tag or… …
118flee — verb Syn: run (away/off), run for it, make off, take off, take to one s heels, make a break for it, bolt, beat a (hasty) retreat, make a quick exit, escape; informal beat it, clear off/out, skedaddle, scram; Brit.; informal scarper; N.Amer.;… …
119ДЫМДЖЫТÆ АТЫМБЫЛ КÆНЫН — тж. ФÆДДЖИТÆ АТЫМБЫЛ КÆНЫН Искуыдæм ацæуын, афардæг уын, æппындæр ницæуыл æрмæтгæнгæйæ. Сматывать удочки. To take off, to make off, to take to one s heels; to beat a hasty retreat; to pull up stakes …
120countermarch — n 1. reversal, about face, turnabout; backlash, recoil, reaction, boomerang, rebound. v 2. do an about face, veer round, wheel about; turn tail, take to one s heels, retrace one s steps; retreat, retire, draw back; revert, retrogress, fall back;… …
