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make off

verb

1 make off

Run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along.

synonyms: abscond, absquatulate, bolt, decamp, go off, run off.

Roget 671: escape, scape; make one's escape, effect one's escape, make good one's escape; break jail; get off, get clear off, get well out of; echapper belle [Fr.], save one's bacon, save one's skin; weather the storm etc. ... show more

Roget 623: abstain, refrain, spare, not attempt; not do etc. 681; maintain the even tenor of one's way.    eschew, keep from, let alone, have nothing to do with; keep aloof keep off, stand aloof, ... show more

Dutch: drossen, zich stilletjes uit de voeten maken, wegrennen, vertrekken, zijn biezen pakken, zich terugtrekken


Moby thesaurus: abscond, bolt, decamp, depart, escape, flee, fly, go, leave, quit, retire, run, scamper, scoot, screw, skedaddle, skip, withdraw.

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