nnoun.acta rapid escape (as by criminals)Synset:getaway
Examples:- the thieves made a clean getaway
- after the expose he had to take it on the lam
Derivationally Related Form:lamget away
Hypernyms:escape flight
Inherited Hypernyms:getawayescaperunning awayacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity
vverb.motionflee; take to one's heels; cut and runSynset:break away bunk escape fly the coop head for the hills hightail it run run away scarper scat take to the woods turn tail
Examples:- If you see this man, run!
- The burglars escaped before the police showed up
Derivationally Related Form:runawaylam
Hypernyms:go away go forth leave
Inherited Hypernyms:scatleave
Direct Hyponyms:fleeflyskedaddletake flight
Full Troponyms:abscondbreakdefectelopeeludeescapeexfiltratefleehigh-taillevantratrun awayshakeskedaddleslipstampede
Sentence Frame:Something ---s | Somebody ---s | Somebody ---s PP
vverb.contactgive a thrashing to; beat hardSynset:flail thrash thresh
Derivationally Related Form:thrashingflail
Hypernyms:beat beat up work over
Inherited Hypernyms:thrashbeat
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody | They want to --- the prisoners (apply to: thrash, thresh, flail, lam)