take+to+one's+heels
71heel — heel1 [hēl] n. [ME hele < OE hela, akin to Du hiel < Gmc * hanhila < * hanha < IE base * kenk , leg joint, heel] 1. the back part of the human foot, under the ankle and behind the instep: see CALCANEUS 2. the corresponding part of the …
72heel — I. /hil / (say heel) noun 1. (in humans) the back part of the foot, below and behind the ankle. 2. an analogous part in other vertebrates. 3. either hind foot or hoof of some animals, as the horse. 4. the part of a stocking, shoe, or the like,… …
73heel — See: AT ONE S HEELS, COOL ONE S HEELS, DOWN AT THE HEEL or DOWN AT HEEL, DRAG ONE S FEET or DRAG ONE S HEELS, HEAD OVER HEELS, KICK UP ONE S HEELS, ON ONE S HEELS or ON THE HEELS OF, SET BACK ON ONE S HEELS or KNOCK BACK ON ONE S HEELS, TAKE TO… …
74heel — See: AT ONE S HEELS, COOL ONE S HEELS, DOWN AT THE HEEL or DOWN AT HEEL, DRAG ONE S FEET or DRAG ONE S HEELS, HEAD OVER HEELS, KICK UP ONE S HEELS, ON ONE S HEELS or ON THE HEELS OF, SET BACK ON ONE S HEELS or KNOCK BACK ON ONE S HEELS, TAKE TO… …
75heel — See: at one s heels, cool one s heels, down at the heel or down at heel, drag one s feet or drag one s heels, head over heels, kick up one s heels, on one s heels or on the heels of, set back on one s heels or knock back on one s heels, take to… …
76escape — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Get away Nouns 1. escape, elopement, flight; evasion (see avoidance); retreat; narrow escape or squeak, hairbreadth escape; deliverance, liberation; redeployment; jailbreak, freedom. Informal, close call …
77heel — I [[t]hil[/t]] n. 1) anat. zool. the back part of the foot in humans, below and behind the ankle 2) zool. the corresponding part in other vertebrates 3) clo the part of a stocking, shoe, etc., covering the back part of the wearer s foot 4) clo a… …
78make off — verb run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along The thief made off with our silver the accountant absconded with the cash from the safe • Syn: ↑abscond, ↑bolt, ↑absquatulate, ↑decamp, ↑run off, ↑go off …
79abscond — v 1. flee, bolt, elope, escape, fly, take flight, take to flight, take wing, Sl. wing it, Inf. beat it, Inf. skip out, Inf. skip town, Inf. skedaddle, Sl. skidoodle, Sl. skidoo or skiddoo, Sl. vamoose or vamose, Sl. light out; run, run away, run… …
80flee — v 1. run, run away or off, take to one s heels, make a quick exit, Rare. fugitate, Inf. take off, Inf. clear out, Inf. make tracks, Inf. cut out, Inf. cut and run, Inf. fly the coop, Sl. split, Sl. scram, Sl. blow, Sl. hightail it, Sl. lam or… …
