v
(British, transitive, slang, mountaineering) To abseil down a mountain.
v
(by extension) To leave a person or organization when things become difficult.
v
(transitive, uncommon) To evade, to hide or flee from.
v
(transitive, rare) Leave.
v
(intransitive, slang) To leave quickly or in a hurry; to depart, flee.
v
Alternative form of absquatulate [(intransitive, slang) To leave quickly or in a hurry; to depart, flee.]
v
(formal, rare) To fly away.
adv
(obsolete) On the way; agoing.
adj
(archaic or dialectal) Gone; gone by; gone away; passed; passed away.
v
Often followed by from or off: to get off an animal which one has been riding; to dismount; to descend or exit from a vehicle; hence, to complete one's journey; to stop.
v
(intransitive) To be escaped from.
v
(UK dialectal) To expend; go; pass away; vanish.
v
(intransitive, obsolete) To run away; escape.
v
(intransitive, obsolete) To run away; escape (from).
v
(intransitive, obsolete) To rush away; escape.
v
(transitive, intransitive, rare, obsolete) To escape.
adj
(US, slang) gone; departed from a place
v
(transitive, obsolete) To emit or throw out; to void.
n
(obsolete) The course by which anything (especially water) is carried off.
adv
Aside, so as to discard something.
v
(obsolete) To shut a teacher out of the classroom as a prank.
v
(idiomatic) To intrude; to enter or interrupt suddenly and without invitation.
v
(idiomatic) To enter somewhere, and then quickly leave.
v
to walk away from a conflict to stop it from escalating
v
To leave as quickly as possible.
v
(informal) To leave hastily in the face of opposition.
v
(transitive, obsolete) To flee from; flee; avoid; shun.
v
(idiomatic) To obtain somebody's permission to skip or cancel an event that one has previously arranged with them.
v
(transitive, obsolete) To escape.
v
(transitive) To say goodbye to, to bid farewell.
v
(UK, informal) To run away, especially when due to lack of courage.
v
(transitive, idiomatic) Starting something brand new or at a new level.
v
(by extension) To initiate a new venture, especially something never before attempted.
v
(slang, intransitive, originally military) To leave (a place) hastily.
v
(intransitive, slang, uncommon) To end one's shift at a job.
v
(figuratively) To leave (especially busily), take off, go away.
v
(formal, intransitive) To stop.
v
To escape punishment for one's crimes; to get away with something.
v
(intransitive) To make a minimal effort; to continue to do something in a routine way, without initiative or effort.
v
To alternately enter and exit, arrive and depart (either physically or figuratively)
v
To leave a place or cease an activity with a particular mood, knowledge, or provision supplied.
v
To escape or get off (lightly, etc.); to come out of a situation without significant harm.
v
(by extension) To hurry away; to escape.
v
(slang) To leave in a hurry; to bolt.
n
A hurried escape or abandonment.
v
(Bristol) To run or go somewhere quickly.
v
(intransitive) To leave a place quickly or briefly.
v
(intransitive) To disappear suddenly and secretly.
v
(intransitive) To deviate (from), be different (from), fail to conform.
v
(slang) To leave quickly, hurry away.
v
(informal) To leave a place without telling anyone.
v
(obsolete) To send off with speed; to dispatch.
v
(transitive, intransitive) To deliberately not attend classes; to play hookey.
v
(UK, informal) to leave somewhere hurriedly.
v
(MLE, idiomatic) To hurriedly part with one’s current location, to escape, to flee the scene.
v
(transitive, figuratively) To avoid; to sidestep.
v
(chiefly UK, informal, figuratively) to avoid doing work.
v
Alternative form of run into the ground [(transitive, idiomatic) To mismanage to the point of ruin.]
v
(idiomatic) To force to leave or go away.
v
Alternative form of run into the ground [(transitive, idiomatic) To mismanage to the point of ruin.]
v
(intransitive) To exit or leave; to go or come out.
v
(intransitive, of time) To pass or move by.
v
(transitive, with "out" or "aside") To make someone quit or lose their job so that someone else can get it.
v
(intransitive, dated) To run away from home (for any reason).
v
(transitive) To evade or escape from (someone or something), especially by using cunning or skill.
v
To spend the rest of one's life in a certain way.
n
(informal, by extension) An attempt to avoid a difficult situation by not confronting it directly
v
(UK dialectal) To run; flow.
v
(intransitive) To go on an errand.
v
(transitive) To avoid (any unpleasant person or thing); to elude, get away from.
n
(figuratively) A way out of a difficult or unpleasant situation.
v
(transitive) To get away from by cunning; to avoid by using dexterity, subterfuge, address, or ingenuity; to cleverly escape from
v
(transitive, specifically) To alight or disembark from a vehicle.
v
(imperative) Leave the scene, and don't make a fuss.
v
(obsolete) To go out of the track; to deviate.
v
(idiomatic, Britain, euphemistic) Of an item of merchandise, to come into a person's possession without having been paid for; to have been acquired illegally.
v
(military, intransitive, figuratively) To leave one's current location to report for duty at a new location.
v
(intransitive, archaic) To go, travel.
v
(idiomatic) To turn something away; to ward off.
v
(intransitive, dated) To move off, come loose; to go off suddenly away (from) a given position.
v
(intransitive) To disappear quickly; to vanish.
v
(idiomatic) To move (run, ride etc.) at full speed.
v
(intransitive, idiomatic) To flee rapidly; to run away.
v
(idiomatic) To depart hastily or unannounced; to escape or flee.
v
Obsolete form of forlet. [(transitive, archaic or UK dialectal) To abandon; give up; leave; leave behind; forsake; desert; neglect.]
v
To let pass, to leave alone, to let go.
v
(transitive, obsolete) To lay aside.
v
(transitive, intransitive, obsolete) To depart from (someone); leave (someone) behind; abandon; forsake; desert; give up; relinquish.
v
(transitive, obsolete) To abandon, forsake.
v
(transitive, archaic or UK dialectal) To abandon; give up; leave; leave behind; forsake; desert; neglect.
v
(transitive, obsolete) To avoid or shun (someone or something).
v
(archaic) to forbid; to renounce
v
(transitive, obsolete) To be dilatory about; put off; postpone; neglect; omit.
v
(transitive, UK dialectal) To spare; do without.
v
(intransitive) To go forth; go away; depart; journey.
v
(intransitive, obsolete) To go out of the way; go astray; err; make a mistake; sin.
n
(offensive) A hasty exit made without saying farewells to anybody.
v
(New Zealand, slang) To leave suddenly.
v
(informal) To visit a variety of different places.
v
To circumvent the obligation and performance of a chore; to get out of.
v
To start moving; to depart.
v
To get away, or escape, taking (something) with one.
v
(Southern US) to escape punishment or discipline, to get away with
v
(intransitive) To be absent, to seem to be absent.
v
(transitive) To move (something) from being on top of (something else) to not being on top of it.
v
(idiomatic) To be dismissed disgracefully
v
(intransitive) To leave a vehicle such as a car. (Note: for public transport, get off is more common.)
v
To circumvent some obligation.
v
(US, idiomatic) To leave, especially to leave a difficult or dangerous environment with all possible haste.
n
(idiomatic) something that will relieve an undesired situation
v
(colloquial) To leave at an opportune time or before adverse conditions arise.
v
(idiomatic, transitive) To forget and move on.
adj
Alternative spelling of getaway [Pertaining to an escape, as in a vehicle or plans.]
n
(informal) An opportunity to escape from an undesirable situation, such as a legal loophole.
n
Alternative spelling of get out of jail free card [(idiomatic) something that will relieve an undesired situation]
v
(Appalachia, Southern US, African-American Vernacular) To get (leave; scram; begone).
v
(idiomatic) To evade, escape, or get away from somebody.
v
To cease a task that has a history of failure and little chance of immediate success.
v
(transitive, now rare) To leave behind, outdistance.
v
(intransitive, idiomatic, figuratively) To quit; to cease functioning.
v
To depart or leave a place.
v
(idiomatic) To be superseded, rejected, or obliterated; to pass by with little consequence; to amount to nothing.
v
(childish) to leave; to go away.
v
(idiomatic) To settle a way of doing something; do decide to do something in a particular way.
v
(idiomatic, always with "of" and further description) To employ a way of doing something; to do something in a particular way.
v
To depart from a place; to set out.
v
(intransitive, idiomatic) To become a recluse and stop contributing to one's society, especially in the form of taxes, by reducing one's productivity or work or by refusing to follow societal norms that one believes to be unjust.
v
(euphemistic) To be eliminated in a competition.
v
(intransitive) To depart; to leave.
v
(US, politics) To break with one's party or group, usually temporarily.
v
(figuratively or literally) To set forth on a path; to depart.
v
(intransitive) To become extinct, to expire.
v
(idiomatic) To depart from a place or situation in a grand or dramatic fashion.
v
(idiomatic, humorous) To become obsolete.
v
leave one's current location or position without protest or kicking up a fuss
v
To make an escape; to disappear.
v
(idiomatic, figuratively, by extension) (of two or more people) to end a (romantic, professional, etc.) relationship.
v
(idiomatic) To disappear; to vanish.
n
Escape by artifice; evasion.
adv
(idiomatic, by extension) Readily, handily, unmistakably.
v
(chiefly US, idiomatic) To require someone to depart; to dismiss someone.
v
(idiomatic) retire, call it a day
v
(idiomatic) To end one's career.
n
Alternative form of hangaround [(slang) A prospective or fringe member of the motorcycle gang Hells Angels]
v
(idiomatic) To go to a safe place; to seek refuge; to flee.
v
(transitive) To avoid the undesirable consequences of; prevent.
v
(dated, intransitive) To depart; to go away.
v
(informal, chiefly Canada, US) To hurry or run; often, to flee.
v
(idiomatic) To leave or depart; to get out.
v
(idiomatic) To begin an activity immediately and with full commitment.
v
(idiomatic) To travel on foot, as on a sidewalk.
v
(idiomatic) To leave a place; to go away.
v
(figuratively) To leave or depart.
adj
Of, pertaining to, or being a hit and run.
v
(intransitive, rare) To flee (as the driver) from the site of a motor vehicle accident without reporting it to the police or emergency services.
v
(US, informal) Come/go visit (our/a business or event).
v
(archaic, slang) To run away.
v
(intransitive, informal) to hasten; to move rapidly
v
to vanish, or escape a difficult situation quickly.
v
To leave or walk away, especially in an angry or enraged manner, and said especially of large and physically imposing persons or objects.
v
(transitive, idiomatic, Britain) To stop doing a regular activity. Often a job or studies.
v
(intransitive) To depart hurriedly.
v
(idiomatic) To continue with one's pursuit
v
Alternative form of jump one's bail [(US, slang) To abscond while at liberty under bail bonds.]
v
(US, slang) To abscond while at liberty under bail bonds.
v
(slang, transitive) To expel (a member) from a criminal gang.
v
(figuratively) To leave something, especially suddenly or rapidly.
v
(idiomatic, of a television program or other narrative) To undergo a storyline development which heralds a fundamental and generally disappointing change in direction.
v
To kiss prior to departing.
v
(intransitive, dated, slang) To flee or run away.
v
(intransitive, informal, dated) Leave, depart.
v
To put (something) out of consideration.
v
(transitive, idiomatic) To cease, quit, stop (doing something).
v
(intransitive) To depart; to go away from a certain place or state.
v
(transitive) To desist or refrain from involvement with.
v
(idiomatic, transitive) To dispense with something for now; to forget about it situationally, or omit or discard it in a given place or instance.
v
(transitive, idiomatic) To leave (a trace of something).
v
(figuratively, by extension, transitive) To disregard or bypass as unimportant.
v
(idiomatic) To stop living with one's parents.
v
To follow certain outdoor ethical guidelines while camping, etc., so thoroughly that it would appear as though one had never previously been there, for the sake of nature conservation.
v
(transitive, idiomatic) To omit.
v
(figuratively) To abandon somebody, leaving him or her holding the responsibility or blame.
v
To become independent; To begin to act without supervision or in ways that are not prescribed.
v
(intransitive, slang) To run away, to flee.
v
(transitive, obsolete except with know) To cause (+ bare infinitive).
v
(transitive) To leave alone, let be; to stop bothering.
v
(intransitive, idiomatic) To disregard or ignore a past difficulty in a relationship or an offence (when dealing with another individual).
v
(transitive) To leave a problematic situation untouched; to fail to react to prevent further harm.
v
(transitive, idiomatic) To forgive and not punish.
v
(transitive, of intangibles, jargon, informal) to let go, allow, release, or take no immediate action over something
v
To abscond or run away, especially to avoid paying money or debts.
v
(intransitive, slang, dated) To go away or depart, especially in haste or without notice.
v
(obsolete, UK dialectal) To cease; stop.
v
(figuratively) To be isolated from knowledge of current events.
v
(idiomatic, humorous, casual) To depart from any conversation, online or in person; to say goodbye.
n
(figuratively) A method of escape, especially an ambiguity or exception in a rule or law that can be exploited in order to avoid its effect.
v
(idiomatic) To attempt to escape; to flee; to run away.
v
(idiomatic, chiefly UK and India) To depart from a place; to set off.
v
(idiomatic) To attempt to escape; to flee; to run away.
v
(obsolete, transitive) To get rid of, dispose of.
v
To steal; to escape with ill-gotten gains.
v
(humorous) To leave, depart, go out.
v
(idiomatic, humorous) To leave, depart.
v
(intransitive) To exit or depart; to run away.
v
To run away together with someone.
v
(UK, law, formal) To commit the criminal offence of making off without payment.
v
(intransitive) To leave or stay away from a place, especially in order to avoid an encounter.
v
(Ireland, colloquial) To get going; to make a start on one's journey.
v
(idiomatic) To leave or depart, especially hurriedly; to go away.
v
(transitive, UK) To drop; leave off; omit.
v
(intransitive, dialectal) To shrink or retire from view; lurk out of sight; skulk.
v
(UK, US, dialect) To move away; to go off.
v
To move away rapidly; to decamp.
v
(chiefly US, dialectal) To set off, get going; to start a journey.
v
Alternative spelling of mosey [(chiefly US, dialectal) To set off, get going; to start a journey.]
v
to continue without being distracted; to keep going
v
(idiomatic, intransitive) To start dealing with something else.
v
(obsolete, UK, thieves' cant) To run away; to leave; to depart.
v
Alternative spelling of namous [(obsolete, UK, thieves' cant) To run away; to leave; to depart.]
v
(intransitive, slang, Canada, US) To leave a place or abandon a situation or activity, usually quickly, because of feelings of fear or disgust.
v
(idiomatic) Not to see someone at all; implies hasty departure.
n
(Australia, colloquial) A nude run; a streak.
n
(UK, dialectal, chiefly Scotland) An escape or evasion by subterfuge or pretext; a way of avoiding or getting out of a difficult or uncomfortable situation.
v
(Scotland, Northern England, colloquial) to leave, depart, set off
adj
Running away, usually from the police; on the run.
n
(figuratively) A course of action from which there is no return.
n
(Britain) Alternative form of on-slip [(Britain) A slip road by which traffic joins a major road such as a motorway.]
v
(poetic, transitive) To flee beyond; to outrun.
n
A sally; flight; escape.
v
(transitive) To ride out (e.g. a storm).
v
(sports) To release a player outright, without conditions.
n
(sheepdog trials) The sheepdog's initial run towards the sheep, done in a curving motion so as not to startle them.
v
(transitive) To avoid by flight or fleeing; escape.
v
(obsolete) To win a way out (of); to escape (from).
v
(transitive) To trip over nimbly.
v
To overlook; not to note or resent.
v
(transitive, obsolete, US, simile) To reject or ignore; to treat as worthless.
v
(intransitive, slang) To depart.
v
To put aside, to not act on (proposals, suggestions, advice).
v
Alternative form of pull someone's bacon out of the fire [(idiomatic) To rescue someone, especially at the last moment.]
v
(intransitive) To leave a workplace.
v
(colloquial, intransitive) To equivocate and delay or put off (answering a question, addressing an issue, etc).
v
(intransitive, colloquial, often imperative) To go away; to get lost.
v
(transitive) To ignore or intentionally disregard (something), temporarily or permanently, so that more important things can occupy one's attention.
v
(transitive) To try to forget (a past negative experience).
v
to postpone or delay an interaction with someone
v
(idiomatic) To drive through residential streets to avoid congestion on the main roads.
v
(transitive) To drive away or expel (someone or something) from a location or an activity.
v
(idiomatic) To depart and fade into obscurity.
v
(idiomatic, chiefly UK) To escape, flee or leave a situation or relationship, usually as a result of a shocking or sudden announcement or revelation.
v
(transitive, intransitive, nautical) To become entangled or in conflict with.
v
To leave; to make one's way somewhere else.
v
To undertake a journey to complete a small task of low importance, usually for household or business matters.
v
(idiomatic, intransitive) To be very busy doing many different things.
v
(idiomatic, transitive) To spend a lot of time doing things for another person or group of people. Often used when that person could reasonably do the things for themselves.
v
To take someone home by car; to give someone a lift to their house.
v
(hunting) To chase till the object pursued is captured or exhausted.
v
To undertake a journey to complete multiple small tasks of low importance, usually for household or business matters.
v
(informal) To escape from danger by running; to flee.
v
To run away desperately from danger.
v
(idiomatic, transitive) To steal or abscond with.
v
(intransitive, idiomatic) To use up; to consume all of something. See also run low, run short.
v
Synonym of run out of steam
v
(idiomatic, transitive) To force someone out of a place or a position.
v
To leave a partner or commitment suddenly and without prior warning.
v
(transitive, idiomatic) To drive over, causing injury or death.
v
(intransitive) To be nearly used up or consumed, so that little remains.
v
(idiomatic) To impale a person with a blade, usually a sword.
v
To thrust up, as anything long and slender.
n
(rare) A runaway; an escapee.
n
Alternative form of runout [Something that has been run out.]
n
An evasive explanation in the form of multiple excuses.
adj
(informal) Deserting or revolting against one's group, duties, expected conduct, or the like, especially to establish or join a rival group, change one's life drastically, etc.
n
Synonym of Fisherian runaway
v
Obsolete form of runnest.
n
(slang, usually in the phrase 'do a runner') A quick escape away from a scene.
n
Something that has been run out.
n
(slang, often with "the") Diarrhea/diarrhoea.
v
(intransitive) To leave in a hurry.
v
Obsolete spelling of range [(intransitive) To travel over (an area, etc); to roam, wander.]
v
(idiomatic, basketball or lacrosse) To back off from an opponent against whom one is defending.
v
(intransitive) To set out on an excursion; venture; depart (often followed by "forth.")
v
To escape without injury.
v
(idiomatic) To separate from someone or something.
n
(obsolete) A loose act of vice or lewdness.
v
(intransitive, colloquial) To move one's sitting self or seat aside, so the other person has more space.
v
To run away, especially fearfully.
v
To accompany someone to a point of departure; to ensure someone departs safely.
v
(transitive, formal) To accompany a guest when he or she leaves.
n
(sports) An instance of a player being sent off; a dismissal from the field of play.
v
(idiomatic, intransitive) To leave; to begin a journey or trip.
v
To lose someone who is tracking you
v
To leave a place for good.
v
(slang) To run away; to leg it.
v
(intransitive) To evade an obligation; to avoid the performance of duty, as by running away.
v
(archaic, frequently followed by off) to depart; to go.
v
(transitive, informal) To induce someone or something to leave.
v
(idiomatic) To run away; to make an escape quickly.
v
(transitive, sometimes reflexive) To escort someone out of an event or place.
v
(idiomatic) To escort someone to the exit of the premises; to expel someone from a room, gathering, etc.
v
(transitive) To escape (a threatening evil, an unwelcome task etc).
v
(transitive, figuratively) To avoid or dodge.
v
(slang) To get away with something; to be acquitted of a crime for which one is manifestly guilty.
v
(transitive) To escape punishment, such as by being acquitted in court.
v
(informal, intransitive, US) To move or run away quickly.
v
(transitive, informal) Not to attend (some event, especially a class or a meeting).
v
(idiomatic) To shirk; to avoid attending or to leave early, especially without permission.
v
(informal) To abscond from one's place of residence suddenly, without warning.
v
(nautical) To leave a port, anchorage or mooring
v
(idiomatic) To be forgotten by someone; to escape someone's memory.
v
To get past an inspection or procedure without any issue.
v
(computing, transitive) To incorporate additional software (such as patches) into an existing installer.
v
(obsolete, rare, intransitive) move, proceed
v
(US) To prevent any would-be attacker from coming close by adopting an offensive posture.
v
(intransitive) To deviate from the right or proper path; to err or stray.
v
(African-American Vernacular, inseparable) To avoid a conflict; to back down
v
(transitive) To exit a place on foot, often for a short time.
v
(figuratively) To break the rules of society.
v
(transitive, idiomatic) To carefully move making sure one doesn't tread on someone or something.
v
(idiomatic) to leave somewhere angrily
v
To leave or depart angrily.
v
(transitive, slang) To go out of one's way to avoid; to shun.
v
(intransitive, dated, slang) To pay one's tab and leave a bar.
v
(idiomatic) To be second to someone or something; to be less important or have a lower priority.
v
Alternative form of take five [(US, Canada, informal) To take a short, typically five-minute, break from some activity.]
v
(colloquial) To get lost; to scram.
v
(idiomatic, often imperative) To go away; to leave or depart.
v
Alternative form of take a long walk on a short pier [(idiomatic, derogatory, colloquial) Used to tell someone to go away, or that their request will not be met.]
v
(idiomatic, derogatory, colloquial) Used to tell someone to go away, or that their request will not be met.
v
(idiomatic, US, colloquial) To leave without saying goodbye; leave quietly, run away; scram; depart without taking leave or notifying anyone, often with a connotation of avoiding something unpleasant or shirking responsibility.
v
(transitive, idiomatic) To attempt to achieve or acquire.
v
(idiomatic) To go away, get lost.
v
(US, slang) Synonym of take a powder (“depart in a hurry”)
v
(of a person) To prevent, or limit, someone from being somewhere, or from doing something.
v
(US, Canada, informal) To take a short, typically five-minute, break from some activity.
v
(intransitive) To leave unannounced or without permission
v
To depart, especially on foot.
v
(idiomatic) To move to a location outside the current location, in order to escalate an altercation or fight.
v
(often with of) To depart.
v
(transitive, intransitive) To absent oneself from (work or other responsibility), especially with permission.
v
(figuratively) To cease participating in an activity that has turned to one's disadvantage, especially out of spite, or in a way that prevents others from participating as well.
v
To stop dealing with; to switch to another business for one's dealings.
v
Alternative form of take one's ball and go home [(figuratively) To cease participating in an activity that has turned to one's disadvantage, especially out of spite, or in a way that prevents others from participating as well.]
v
(slang, intransitive, idiomatic) To depart in a hurry; to clear out.
v
(slang, historical) Synonym of gap it (“leave Rhodesia”)
v
(idiomatic) To leave, especially to flee or run away.
v
(idiomatic) To flee or vanish; to run away.
v
(obsolete) To become a highwayman.
v
(figuratively) To depart.
v
to walk out of a place stealthily
v
(idiomatic, transitive) To misguide.
v
(transitive) To engage heartily in; to get fully involved in.
v
(idiomatic, transitive, of a person or group) To betray or blame (something or someone), as a scapegoat or otherwise for personal gain.
n
(UK) A start in a hunt or a race.
adj
(idiomatic) Remaining. To finish. (In a group of events or items) belonging to the subgroup that have not passed or have not been finished or have not been addressed yet.
v
(informal) To leave or depart.
v
(intransitive) To be guilty of a misstep or mistake; to commit an offence against morality, propriety, etc
v
To go out with light steps.
v
(intransitive, informal) to leave, depart
v
(idiomatic, transitive, intransitive) To stop paying attention to; to ignore; to zone out.
v
(intransitive, idiomatic, with "on") To forsake, to abandon; to ignore.
v
(intransitive, dated) To go out; to leave one's home.
v
(intransitive, now chiefly dialectal, Scotland) To get away; escape.
v
(intransitive, slang) To hurry.
v
Alternative form of vamoose [(transitive, intransitive, slang) To run away (from); to flee.]
v
Alternative form of vamoose [(transitive, intransitive, slang) To run away (from); to flee.]
v
Alternative form of vamoose [(transitive, intransitive, slang) To run away (from); to flee.]
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(transitive) To avoid naming someone or something directly; to use circumlocution.
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(sports) Abbreviation of walkover. [An easy victory; a walkaway.]
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(intransitive, colloquial) To leave, resign.
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(idiomatic) To withdraw from a problematic situation.
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(idiomatic) To outpace effortlessly.
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(transitive) To win (a competition or contest) handily or by a large margin.
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(transitive, idiomatic) To go unpunished; to win, or avoid, a criminal court case, particularly when actually guilty.
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To come without an appointment to a place that would normally require one.
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(intransitive) To flee or abandon.
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(idiomatic) To win, as in a contest and especially without significant effort.
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(slang, archaic) To depart; to go away without ceremony.
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(intransitive, dated) To go out with; to be romantically involved.
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(informal, transitive) To abandon or desert someone, especially a spouse.
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(idiomatic) To be forced to resign from a position in an organization.
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Alternative form of walk away
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An easy victory; a walkover.
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Alternative form of walk-off [A prisoner who escapes custody without violence by taking advantage of the opportunity provided by negligent or distracted guards.]
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(intransitive, informal) To want to leave something.
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To pass unnoticed so that one is unaffected by it.
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(figuratively) A solution to a problem; an escape.
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(now chiefly UK dialectal, transitive) To ward off; prevent from approaching or entering; drive off; repel.
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(idiomatic, intransitive, often followed by of) To shirk, avoid, or fail to fulfill (a task, responsibility, etc.)
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(obsolete) A course; a way, a path; a journey.
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simple past tense of go out
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(transitive, now only in combination with away; see also while away) To pass (time) idly.
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(transitive) To spend (time) idly but pleasantly
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(transitive, idiomatic) To take (a person) on a surprise romantic journey.
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(obsolete, nautical) To set at an irksome or needless task.
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(transitive) To avoid performing a duty or fulfilling an obligation, by sneaky means.
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(idiomatic) To give up the ghost.
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