To withdraw hastily, take oneself off, go away. Also with away. Const. from, out of. Also, To swerve from (a commandment); to keep free from (a…

intransitive. To go hastily, fling away. Of wind: To rise up. Obsolete.

To fling away; to rush precipitately. Obsolete.

To dart off or away, make off with himself, take flight, escape; to rush suddenly off or away. gen. of people or animals. spec. of a rabbit, fox…

To go away promptly or suddenly; to make off at once, take oneself off: often said of criminals and persons eluding the officers of the law.

intransitive. British regional and U.S. To move on, depart, decamp. Chiefly with off, on.

to hop the twig: to depart, go off, or be dismissed suddenly; (also simply to hop, to hop off) to die. to hop the wag: to play truant. slang.

figurative. To ‘take flight’, take one's departure, make off, flee.

Phrases. in one's tracks, on the spot where one is at the moment; instantly, immediately. on the right track, having the right idea; heading in the…

intransitive. To depart, make off, decamp, disappear.

humorously transferred. To vanish mysteriously. Also, to disappear from the scene; to depart; to faint. Frequently const. away, out.

In general use: To go away, leave, or depart hurriedly; to run away, ‘clear out’.

to beat it: to go away, to ‘clear out’. Originally U.S.

To go away, to leave hurriedly. slang (originally U.S.).

to hop it: to be off, go away quickly.

intransitive. To fly off; to go, make one's way, move (like a beetle); frequently with off, away, etc.

intransitive. Frequently with out. To run away, flee; to retreat hurriedly.

intransitive. U.S. slang. figurative. To leave, esp. hurriedly or abruptly.