Usually means: Flee quickly; escape immediately.
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  1. take to one's heels: Merriam-Webster
  2. take to one's heels, take to one's heels: Collins English Dictionary
  3. take to one's heels: Wiktionary
  4. take to one's heels, take to ones heels: Dictionary.com

Definitions from Wiktionary (take to one's heels)

verb:  (idiomatic) To leave, especially to flee or run away.


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