fly the coop

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
fly the coop
    v 1: flee; take to one's heels; cut and run; "If you see this
         man, run!"; "The burglars escaped before the police showed
         up" [syn: {scat}, {run}, {scarper}, {turn tail}, {lam},
         {run away}, {hightail it}, {bunk}, {head for the hills},
         {take to the woods}, {escape}, {fly the coop}, {break
         away}]
from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
18 Moby Thesaurus words for "fly the coop":
      bail out, break away, break jail, break loose, cut loose, escape,
      escape prison, evade, flee, get away, get clear of, get free,
      get out, get out of, jump, make a getaway, skip, slip the collar
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