To run away from or as from danger; to take flight; to try to escape or seek safety by flight. Also, to flee away, out, and to flee for it.

intransitive. To flee, run away. Also figurative. In later use chiefly in past participle.

intransitive. To run away, escape (with dative = from). Also causal, for atren, v.

intransitive. To flee away (with dative = from).

intransitive. To make off hurriedly, take to flight, flee; esp. to retreat hurriedly in the face of danger or opposition. Frequently with from.

Phrases: to take flight, †to take (on oneself) the flight, to betakeor †smite oneself to flight, to take to flight, †to set oneself in flight: to…

to turn (also wend) the ridge: to flee. Also to turn the ridge of: to cause to flee. Cf. to turn one's (also †the) back at turn, v. phrases 1a(a). Obs…

intransitive. To run away, escape (with dative = from).

intransitive. To flee away.

With verbs. to give back (obsolete): to retreat, turn tail, run away.

intransitive. To flee, run away. rare.

intransitive. To flee, run away. Obsolete (English regional (chiefly south-western) and Irish English in later use).

Phrases: to take flight, †to take (on oneself) the flight, to betakeor †smite oneself to flight, to take to flight, †to set oneself in flight: to…

complex. to take the back upon oneself: to flee.

= flee, v. 1a, 1b, and flee, v. 1d. Also quasi-transitive.

to take (also †betake) (†oneself) to one's legs: to run away, flee; (more generally) to run. Formerly also †to take leg. Cf. to take to one's heels…

reflexive; also quasi-transitive, to flee one's way.

to take to one's heels: to run away, to flee. Formerly also †to take oneself to one's heels, †to betake (oneself) to one's heels.

intransitive. To flee, take refuge.

intransitive. To flee.

Phrases. to turn tail (originally a term of falconry), to turn the back; hence, to run away, take to flight.

intransitive. To take to flight, flee; to make off hurriedly or surreptitiously (frequently with something to which one is not entitled).

Phrases: to take flight, †to take (on oneself) the flight, to betakeor †smite oneself to flight, to take to flight, †to set oneself in flight: to…

intransitive. To flee (to a place). Also transitive (reflexive) in same sense. Obsolete. rare.

to run for it: to take to flight, to flee; = sense 7a(a).

to take (also †betake) (†oneself) to one's legs: to run away, flee; (more generally) to run. Formerly also †to take leg. Cf. to take to one's heels…

Unauthorized absence or departure; French leave. Chiefly in to give (also take) leg-bail (occasionally to make leg bail): to run away; to decamp.

to give leg bail: see leg-bail, n.1

intransitive. To scurry, to run away; retreat hastily. Also with off.

colloquial (chiefly U.S. and Caribbean). to pull foot: to take to one's heels, run away; to hurry, run as fast as possible. Formerly also †to pull it…

intransitive. To run away. rare.

intransitive. To turn tail, take to flight, go or run off; to withdraw. colloquial.

Phrases: to take flight, †to take (on oneself) the flight, to betakeor †smite oneself to flight, to take to flight, †to set oneself in flight: to…

tall timber (North American), uninhabited forest. Usually in to break (strike,etc.) for (the) tall timber; also transferred, to run away, escape…

intransitive. To go off, run away. Also with off.

to give leg (or legs): to flee or run away with stolen goods or contraband. Obsolete.

intransitive. colloquial. To move quickly or in the manner of a rabbit; to run away.

slang. An act of decamping or running off ‘on the sly’. to give the guy to: to run away from, ‘give the slip to’. Also to do a guy.

intransitive, and transitive with it. To run (quickly) away; to move or leave quickly. Chiefly with adverbial complement.

Phrases (chiefly colloquial and slang). to have it on one's toes: to run away. slang.