Definitions of head for the hills
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verb
flee; take to one's heels; cut and run
synonyms:
break away, bunk, escape, fly the coop, hightail it, lam, run, run away, scarper, scat, take to the woods, turn tail
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flee, fly, take flight
run away quickly
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skedaddle
run away, as if in a panic
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break
make a rupture in the ranks of the enemy or one's own by quitting or fleeing
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stampede
run away in a stampede
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abscond, absquatulate, bolt, decamp, go off, make off, run off
run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along
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elope, run off
run away secretly with one's beloved
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break loose, escape, get away
run away from confinement
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high-tail
retreat at full speed
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defect, desert
desert (a cause, a country or an army), often in order to join the opposing cause, country, or army
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go away, go forth, leave
go away from a place
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