be at large
If someone dangerous is at large, that person is free when they should not be:
Twelve prisoners are at large following a series of escapes.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Running away and escaping
- abscond
- back away
- back off
- bail out
- be on the run idiom
- beat a retreat idiom
- fugitive
- gaolbreak
- getaway
- go/be run to ground idiom
- heel
- jailbreak
- leg
- loose
- shake sb/sth off
- shoot through
- skedaddle
- slip
- stand clear
- throw
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