All cut and run synonyms

verb cut and run

• run out on — 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.
• take a powder — British Dialect. to rush.
• take flight — an act or instance of fleeing or running away; hasty departure.
• wriggle out — to twist to and fro; writhe; squirm.
• make tracks — a structure consisting of a pair of parallel lines of rails with their crossties, on which a railroad train, trolley, or the like runs.
• step on it — a movement made by lifting the foot and setting it down again in a new position, accompanied by a shifting of the weight of the body in the direction of the new position, as in walking, running, or dancing.
• take a hike — to walk or march a great distance, especially through rural areas, for pleasure, exercise, military training, or the like.
• light out — to get down or descend, as from a horse or a vehicle.
• run for it — 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.
• make away — to depart in haste
• break off — If part of something breaks off or if you break it off, it comes off or is removed by force.
• break up — When something breaks up or when you break it up, it separates or is divided into several smaller parts.
• push off — to press upon or against (a thing) with force in order to move it away.
• split up — to divide or separate from end to end or into layers: to split a log in two.
• walk out on — to advance or travel on foot at a moderate speed or pace; proceed by steps; move by advancing the feet alternately so that there is always one foot on the ground in bipedal locomotion and two or more feet on the ground in quadrupedal locomotion.
• ease out — freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort: to enjoy one's ease.
• part company — 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.
• ship out — a vessel, especially a large oceangoing one propelled by sails or engines.
• break out — If something such as war, fighting, or disease breaks out, it begins suddenly.
• hightail it — to go away or leave rapidly: Last we saw of him, he was hightailing down the street.
• j — the tenth letter of the English alphabet, a consonant.
• give someone the slip — to move, flow, pass, or go smoothly or easily; glide; slide: Water slips off a smooth surface.
• take it on the lam — a hasty escape; flight.
• beat it — to go away
• clear out — If you tell someone to clear out of a place or to clear out, you are telling them rather rudely to leave the place.
• make off — to bring into existence by shaping or changing material, combining parts, etc.: to make a dress; to make a channel; to make a work of art.
• pull out — to draw or haul toward oneself or itself, in a particular direction, or into a particular position: to pull a sled up a hill.
• take off — the act of taking.
• dog it — a domesticated canid, Canis familiaris, bred in many varieties.
• duck out — leave secretly
• fly the coop — an enclosure, cage, or pen, usually with bars or wires, in which fowls or other small animals are confined for fattening, transportation, etc.
• go awol — a soldier or other military person who is absent from duty without leave.
• go south — fail, go bad
• run off — 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.
• skip out — leave, flee
• get out — an offspring or the total of the offspring, especially of a male animal: the get of a stallion.
• bust out — escape from somewhere
• get away — to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
• cut out — If you cut something out, you remove or separate it from what surrounds it using scissors or a knife.
• hit the road — a long, narrow stretch with a smoothed or paved surface, made for traveling by motor vehicle, carriage, etc., between two or more points; street or highway.
• shove off — to move along by force from behind; push.
• git — British Slang. a foolish or contemptible person.
• go away — leave!
• go forth — military: set out
• hit the bricks — a block of clay hardened by drying in the sun or burning in a kiln, and used for building, paving, etc.: traditionally, in the U.S., a rectangle 2.25 × 3.75 × 8 inches (5.7 × 9.5 × 20.3 cm), red, brown, or yellow in color.
• hit the trail — (Idiomatic) To leave or depart.
• move on — to pass from one place or position to another.
• move out — an act or instance of moving; movement.
• set forth — to put (something or someone) in a particular place: to set a vase on a table.