stand clear
— phrasal verb with stand uk/stænd/us/stænd/verb stood, stood
to move a short distance away from something so that you are safe:
"Stand clear!" shouted the policewoman, "It might fall any minute."
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Running away and escaping
- abscond
- back away
- back off
- bail out
- be at large idiom
- be on the run idiom
- flee
- fugitive
- gaolbreak
- getaway
- go/be run to ground idiom
- heel
- leg
- loose
- scram
- shake sb/sth off
- shoot through
- skedaddle
- slip
- throw
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