All cut and run synonyms

verb cut and run

• flit — to move lightly and swiftly; fly, dart, or skim along: bees flitting from flower to flower.
• scurry — to go or move quickly or in haste.
• scud — to run or move quickly or hurriedly.
• smoke — the visible vapor and gases given off by a burning or smoldering substance, especially the gray, brown, or blackish mixture of gases and suspended carbon particles resulting from the combustion of wood, peat, coal, or other organic matter.
• spurt — to gush or issue suddenly in a stream or jet, as a liquid; spout.
• barrel — A barrel is a large, round container for liquids or food.
• hasten — to move or act with haste; proceed with haste; hurry: to hasten to a place.
• amble — When you amble, you walk slowly and in a relaxed manner.
• scramble — to climb or move quickly using one's hands and feet, as down a rough incline.
• scorch — to affect the color, taste, etc., of by burning slightly: The collar of the shirt was yellow where the iron had scorched it.
• bustle — If someone bustles somewhere, they move there in a hurried way, often because they are very busy.
• shag — this dance step.
• break — When an object breaks or when you break it, it suddenly separates into two or more pieces, often because it has been hit or dropped.
• hightail — to go away or leave rapidly: Last we saw of him, he was hightailing down the street.
• fade — to lose brightness or vividness of color.
• skedaddle — to run away hurriedly; flee.
• get — to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
• jump — to spring clear of the ground or other support by a sudden muscular effort; leap: to jump into the air; to jump out a window.
• scram — to go away; get out (usually used as a command): I said I was busy, so scram.
• quit — to stop, cease, or discontinue: She quit what she was doing to help me paint the house.
• leave — to go out of or away from, as a place: to leave the house.
• decamp — If you decamp, you go away from somewhere secretly or suddenly.
• bolt — A bolt is a long metal object which screws into a nut and is used to fasten things together.
• slip — to move, flow, pass, or go smoothly or easily; glide; slide: Water slips off a smooth surface.
• vanish — to disappear from sight, especially quickly; become invisible: The frost vanished when the sun came out.
• flee — to run away, as from danger or pursuers; take flight.
• vamoose — to leave hurriedly or quickly; decamp.
• disappear — to cease to be seen; vanish from sight.
• split — to divide or separate from end to end or into layers: to split a log in two.
• dash — If you dash somewhere, you run or go there quickly and suddenly.
• fly — to move through the air using wings.
• abscond — If someone absconds from somewhere such as a prison, they escape from it or leave it without permission.
• absent — If someone or something is absent from a place or situation where they should be or where they usually are, they are not there.
• abdicate — If a king or queen abdicates, he or she gives up being king or queen.
• migrate — to go from one country, region, or place to another. Synonyms: move, resettle, relocate. Antonyms: remain.
• troop — an assemblage of persons or things; company; band.
• secede — to withdraw formally from an alliance, federation, or association, as from a political union, a religious organization, etc.
• start — to begin or set out, as on a journey or activity.
• part — a portion or division of a whole that is separate or distinct; piece, fragment, fraction, or section; constituent: the rear part of the house; to glue the two parts together.
• desert — A desert is a large area of land, usually in a hot region, where there is almost no water, rain, trees, or plants.
• tergiversate — to change repeatedly one's attitude or opinions with respect to a cause, subject, etc.; equivocate.
• perish — to die or be destroyed through violence, privation, etc.: to perish in an earthquake.
• bail out — If you bail someone out, you help them out of a difficult situation, often by giving them money.
• cut loose — to free or become freed from restraint, custody, anchorage, etc
• get off — to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
• burst out — If someone bursts out laughing, crying, or making another noise, they suddenly start making that noise. You can also say that a noise bursts out.
• get away with — to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
• make oneself scarce — insufficient to satisfy the need or demand; not abundant: Meat and butter were scarce during the war.
• play hooky — play truant, be absent from school
• run away — to go quickly by moving the legs more rapidly than at a walk and in such a manner that for an instant in each step all or both feet are off the ground.