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Another word for abscond

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Verb

  1. To break loose and leave suddenly, as from confinement or from a difficult or threatening situation

    Idioms:
    See also:

    free

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Another word for abscond

Verb
  1. See also:

    escape

© WEBSTER’S NEW WORLD® ROGET’S A-Z THESAURUS by Charlton Laird and the editors of Webster’s New World dictionaries. Copyright © 1999 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Sentence Examples

  • But the governor of Syria had sent a demand for Herod's acquittal, and so Hyrcanus adjourned the trial and persuaded the accused to abscond.

  • abscond with the funds!

  • The phrase "to levant," meaning to abscond, especially of one who runs away leaving debts unpaid, particularly of a betting man or gambler, is taken from the Span.

  • abscond again.

  • The Treasurer was a member whose legs were burned, this ensured he could not abscond with the funds!

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