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cut and run
verb as in abscond
verb as in absquatulate
verb as in break
verb as in depart
Strongest matches
Strong matches
verb as in escape
verb as in flee
Strong matches
verb as in fly
verb as in hightail
verb as in lam
Strong matches
Weak matches
- bail out
- break out
- burst out
- cut loose
- duck out
- fly the coop
- get away
- get away with
- get off
- give someone the slip
- go scot-free
- make a getaway
- make getaway
- make off
- make oneself scarce
- play hooky
- run away
- run off
- run out on
- slip away
- steal away
- take a powder
- take flight
- take it on the lam
- take on the lam
- work out of
- wriggle out
verb as in make off
verb as in part
verb as in run
Strong matches
Example Sentences
The one thing you shouldn’t do is cut and run, because one couple is in a lot of trouble for doing just that.
Labour blame the Conservatives for failing to build enough new prison places and claim the reason Sunak called the election when he did - rather than serve another six months or so, as he could have chosen to do - was because his party wanted to "cut and run" from the problems that were stacking up.
Although the fiscal realities are ugly, it’s worth remembering that in providing the coverage, California is sticking with some of its most vulnerable residents, at a time when it would be easier to cut and run.
Instead of hanging 10, some surfers in Newport Beach had to cut and run after they were accosted by an aggressive sea lion.
In No 10, "we don't think there is a cut and run", a senior source says.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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