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abscondabscond /əbˈskɑnd, æb-/ verb [intransitive] formal ETYMOLOGYabscondOrigin: 1500-1600 Latin abscondere, from abs- away + condere to hide VERB TABLEabscond |
Present | I, you, we, they | abscond | | he, she, it | absconds | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | absconded | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have absconded | | he, she, it | has absconded | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had absconded | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will abscond | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have absconded |
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Present | I | am absconding | | he, she, it | is absconding | | you, we, they | are absconding | Past | I, he, she, it | was absconding | | you, we, they | were absconding | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been absconding | | he, she, it | has been absconding | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been absconding | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be absconding | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been absconding |
THESAURUSget away► escapea)to get away from a place or situation where you are in danger, or when someone is trying to stop you: The girl climbed through a window to escape the fire.b)to get away from a boring or unpleasant situation: They went to the mountains to escape the summer heat. ► get away to escape from someone who is chasing or holding you: The police ran after him, but he got away. ► flee formal to leave somewhere very quickly in order to escape from a dangerous situation: The refugees were forced to flee their country. ► run away/run off to escape from someone by running: The old man yelled at the kids and they ran away. ► get out to escape from a place: I was locked in the room and couldn’t get out. ► break out to escape from prison: Several inmates have broken out of the state penitentiary. ► break free/break away to escape from someone who is trying to hold you: She broke free and started running. ► abscond formal to leave a place secretly and without permission, especially after stealing something: Two employees allegedly absconded with the money. 1to suddenly leave the place where you work after having stolen money from it: abscond with Royson absconded with money belonging to 40 clients.► see thesaurus at escape12to escape from a place where you are being kept |