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  • 81heel — heel1 noun 1》 the back part of the foot below the ankle.     ↘the part of the palm of the hand next to the wrist. 2》 the part of a shoe or boot supporting the heel. 3》 informal, dated an inconsiderate or untrustworthy person. 4》 the end of a… …

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  • 82turn tail — 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, ↑lam, ↑run away, ↑hightail it, ↑ …

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  • 83departure — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Moving away from Nouns 1. departure, leaving, parting, decampment; disappearance; retreat, embarkation; outset, start; removal, exit, egress, exodus, hejira, evacuation; flight (see escape); recession. 2 …

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  • 84heel — n 1. foot, hoof, kicker, Latin, calx; heel bone, Anat. calcaneus, Anat. os calcis; (of some animals) hock, Anat. hallux, (of birds) spur. 2. lift, heelpiece, heeltap, spike, wedgie. 3. conclusion, tail end, fag end, rind, crust; remnant,… …

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  • 85decamp — v 1. flee, mosey, run off, make off, take off, make tracks, take flight; fly, bolt, run, show a clean or light pair of heels; escape, abscond, Jocular. absquatulate, take the money and run; take to one s heels, cut and run, Inf. hightail it, Inf …

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  • 86heel — 1. n. & v. n. 1 the back part of the foot below the ankle. 2 the corresponding part in vertebrate animals. 3 a the part of a sock etc. covering the heel. b the part of a shoe or boot supporting the heel. 4 a thing like a heel in form or position …

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  • 87avoidance — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Refraining from Nouns 1. (act of avoiding) avoidance, evasion, default, circumvention, elusion, dodge, sidestep; abstinence, forbearance, refraining (See asceticism); departure; escape, flight; truancy,… …

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  • 88make — v 1. fabricate, manufacture, produce, mint; construct, build, assemble, set up; erect, elevate, raise, rear, put up; mold, form, fashion, model, shape, frame; create, invent, originate, devise, contrive, compose, write, put together; cast, block …

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  • 89escape — I. v. a. 1. Avoid, shun, evade, elude, flee from, get out of the way of. 2. Pass unobserved. II. v. n. 1. Get away, make or effect one s escape, get free, get into safety, get away safely, get off or through without harm. 2. Flee, fly, abscond,… …

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  • 90run — 1. verb 1) she ran across the road Syn: sprint, race, dart, rush, dash, hasten, hurry, scurry, scamper, bolt, fly, gallop, career, charge, shoot, hurtle, speed, zoom …

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