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verb
- (Slang)
To break loose and leave suddenly, as from confinement or from a difficult or threatening situation:
abscond, break out, decamp, escape, flee, fly, get away, run away. (Informal) skip (out). (Regional) absquatulate. Idioms: blow (or fly) the coop, cut and run, give someone the slip, make a getaway, take flight, take it on the lam. See free
- (Slang)
The act or an instance of escaping, as from confinement or difficulty:
break, breakout, decampment, escape, escapement, flight, getaway. See free
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