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单词 take to your heels
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Synonyms of 'take to your heels'

flee, escape, run away or off, take flight
More Synonyms of take to your heels
(idiom) 
Definition
to run off
He stood, for a moment, then took to his heels.
Synonyms
flee
He slammed the bedroom door behind him and fled.
escape
A prisoner has escaped from a jail in Northern England.
run away or off
take flight
hook it (slang)
turn tail
I turned tail and fled in the direction of the house.
show a clean pair of heels
skedaddle (informal)
vamoose (slang, mainly US)
See heel

Additional synonyms

in the sense of escape
Definition
to get away or break free from (confinement)
A prisoner has escaped from a jail in Northern England.
Synonyms
get away,
flee,
take off,
fly,
bolt,
skip,
slip away,
abscond,
decamp,
hook it (slang),
do a runner (slang),
do a bunk (British, slang),
fly the coop (US, Canadian, informal),
make a break for it,
slip through your fingers,
skedaddle (informal),
take a powder (US, Canadian, slang),
make your getaway,
take it on the lam (US, Canadian, slang),
break free or out,
make or effect your escape,
run away or off,
do a Skase (Australian, informal)
in the sense of skedaddle
Definition
to run off hastily
Synonyms
run away,
disappear,
flee,
bolt,
scoot,
abscond,
decamp,
hook it (slang),
scarper (British, slang),
hop it (British, slang),
beat a hasty retreat,
scurry away,
do a bunk (British, slang),
scram (informal),
scuttle away,
vamoose (slang, US)
in the sense of turn tail
Definition
to run away
I turned tail and fled in the direction of the house.
Synonyms
run away,
flee,
run off,
escape,
take off (informal),
retreat,
make off,
hook it (slang),
run for it (informal),
scarper (British, slang),
cut and run,
show a clean pair of heels,
skedaddle (informal),
take to your heels

Nearby words of
take to your heels

  • take the rap
  • take to someone
  • take to something
  • take to your heels
  • take umbrage
  • take up with someone
  • take your breath away

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