Turn-tail synonyms

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desert under fire
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make a U-turn
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retreat
To retreat is to withdraw or back away, especially from a dangerous or unpleasant situation or from a military engagement.
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run-scared
(Idiomatic) To try everything to avoid defeat.
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skedaddle
To run off or away; leave in a hurry
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turn-around
(Intransitive, reflexive, sports) To reverse the expected outcome of a game, usually from a losing position to a winning one.
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turn-on-a-dime
(Intransitive, US) to have a small turning circle
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scat
(Colloquial) To leave quickly (often used in the imperative).
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run
To cause to enter; to thrust.
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scarper
(UK, slang) To run away; to flee; to escape.
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lam
(Slang, former) To beat; hit; strike
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run away
To leave home, or other place of residence, usually unannounced, or to make good on a threat, with such action usually performed by a child or juvenile.
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hightail-it
(Idiomatic) To hurry or run; often, to flee.
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bunk
To go to bed:
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head-for-the-hills
To travel to a higher elevation, especially to a rural region on vacation.
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take to the woods
flee; take to one's heels; cut and run
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escape
(Computing) To cause (a single character, or all such characters in a string) to be interpreted literally, instead of with any special meaning it would usually have in the same context, often by prefixing with another character.
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fly-the-coop
(Of a bird) To escape from a pen or similar enclosure.
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break-away
To become separated, literally or figuratively
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