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单词 cut and run
释义

cut and run

informal Make a speedy departure from a difficult situation rather than deal with it: he laughed off suggestions he is ready to cut and run from struggling United...
  • But rather than cut and run, what we really need to do is to stay put and reach out.
  • I think if we pull, cut and run today, it's going to be chaos and a civil war.
  • I was ready to cut and run when the tapping on my car window told me it was already too late… he was there.

Synonyms

flee, run, run away, run off, make a run for it, run for it, take flight, be gone, make off, take off, take to one's heels, make a break for it, bolt, beat a (hasty) retreat, make a quick exit, make one's getaway, escape, absent oneself, make oneself scarce, abscond, head for the hills, do a disappearing act
informal beat it, clear off, clear out, vamoose, skedaddle, split, leg it, show a clean pair of heels, turn tail, scram
British informal do a runner, scarper, do a bunk
North American informal light out, bug out, cut out, peel out, take a powder, skidoo
Australian informal go through, shoot through
vulgar slang bugger off
archaic fly
Originally a nautical phrase, meaning 'cut the anchor cable because of some emergency and make sail immediately'
See parent entry: cut
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