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make a break for it

VERB
bolt
Synonyms
STRONGEST
bound dart dash drop out dump escape flee jump leap rush scamper scoot skip sprint take off
STRONG
abscond ditch fly hightail hotfoot hurtle skedaddle split spring start startle
WEAK
bail out cop out cut loose cut out kiss goodbye leave flat leave high and dry leave holding the bag leave in the lurch make off make tracks opt out run like scared rabbit run out on step on it take flight walk out on
Antonyms
STRONGEST
face meet stay
STRONG
remain stop
WEAK
dawdle loosen wait
VERB
decamp
Synonyms
STRONG
bolt depart disappear escape evacuate flee hightail scram skedaddle vamoose
WEAK
beat it break camp clear out head for the hills hit the road make oneself scarce make tracks run away slip away
Antonyms
STRONG
arrive come in enter stay wait
VERB
go
Synonyms
STRONGEST
flee fly leave move pass progress retire travel
STRONG
abscond approach cruise decamp depart escape exit fare hie hightail journey lam mosey near quit repair split vamoose wend withdraw
WEAK
beat it bug out get away get going get lost get off hit the road light out make for make one's way move out pull out push off push on run along run away set off shove off skip out take a hike take a powder take flight take leave take off
Antonyms
STRONGEST
remain stay stop
STRONG
arrive wait

Example Sentences

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Even people who are in the country legally have tried to make a break for it.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 8, 2025

Before then, there is a brief chase with an errant dog who has decided now is the time to make a break for it down a hill.

From Salon • Sep. 27, 2022

Demyanchuk, her husband, son and elderly mother were among the first to make a break for it.

From Reuters • May 13, 2022

But something about quarantine had driven her to make a break for it.

From Slate • Apr. 11, 2020

“Why don’t you make a break for it, Five Forty- one?”

From "The Watsons Go to Birmingham" by Christopher Paul Curtis