duck out

If Archie got the express company's money—en hit sorta looks like he did—he was smart enough to 'duck out' with hit.

Now, one of you boys duck out to the shaft and see that he doesn't get up.

Ralph took his way down Main Street, feeling, as he expressed it, a good deal like a duck out of water.

I wouldn't leave him a chance to duck out o' this because I wouldn't tell nobody where we was goin'.

"Tried to duck out the back door," the deputy explained to his brother officers.