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| bug out |
(informal) to leave, quit, or flee; desert. |
| fled |
past tense and past participle of flee. |
| hightail |
(informal) to flee; run away; leave hurriedly. |
| Ismaros |
a mountain in Thrace where, according to Greek mythology, Odysseus and his men managed to flee from Polyphemus. |
| Lot |
according to the Old Testament, the nephew of Abraham who was allowed to flee from the destruction of Sodom, but whose wife was turned into a pillar of salt for looking back at the city. |
| rout1 |
to cause to flee in disorderly retreat. [1/5 definitions] |
| run |
to move away quickly, as in retreat or escape; flee. [1/36 definitions] |
| skedaddle |
(informal) to run away in a hurry; flee. |
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