take+to+one's+heels
91abscond — verb it seems that the one they entrusted with their stolen goods has absconded Syn: run away, escape, bolt, flee, make off, take flight, take off, decamp; make a break for it, take to one s heels, make a quick getaway, beat a hasty retreat, run… …
92retreat — n 1.(all usu. of armed forces) strategic withdrawal, countermarch, volte face, recoil, pullout, rout, evacuation, exodus, stampede, katabasis. 2. departure, flight, hegira, escape, getaway. 3. backing away, reversal, about face, turnabout, Inf.… …
93escape — 1. verb 1) he escaped from prison Syn: run away/off, get out, break out, break free, make a break for it, bolt, flee, take flight, make off, take off, abscond, take to one s heels, make one s getaway, make a run for it; disappear, vanish …
94clean — See: COME CLEAN, KEEP ONE S NOSE CLEAN, MAKE A CLEAN BREAST OF, NEW BROOM SWEEPS CLEAN, TAKE TO ONE S HEELS, also SHOW A CLEAN PAIR OF HEELS …
95clean — See: COME CLEAN, KEEP ONE S NOSE CLEAN, MAKE A CLEAN BREAST OF, NEW BROOM SWEEPS CLEAN, TAKE TO ONE S HEELS, also SHOW A CLEAN PAIR OF HEELS …
96clean — See: come clean, keep one s nose clean, make a clean breast of, new broom sweeps clean, take to one s heels, also show a clean pair of heels …
97lam — I v Slang. Usu. lam out or into beat, strike, thrash, batter, pound, lay on, pummel, pelt, Sl. paste; flog, lash, switch, birch, scourge; strap, thresh, flail, spank, Inf. tan [s.o. s] hide, Inf. trim, Inf. thump, Inf. lace, Inf. lambaste, Inf.… …
98flee — verb 1) she fled to her room Syn: run (away/off), run for it, make a run for it, dash, take flight, be gone, make off, take off, take to one s heels, make a break for it, bolt, beat a (hasty) retreat, make a quick exit, make one s getaway,… …
99depart — v 1. leave, go away, go off, be off, (usu. imperative) Inf. beat it, Inf. run along, Inf. scram, Inf. buzz along, (usu. imperative) Inf. buzz off, Inf. make oneself scarce, Inf. shove off, Sl. split, Sl. cut out, Brit. Si. bugger off, Sl. vamoose …
100run — 1. verb 1) she ran across the road Syn: sprint, race, dart, rush, dash, hasten, hurry, scurry, scamper, gallop, jog, trot; informal leg it 2) the robbers turned and ran Syn …
