| stowaway | | |
| n. (person) | 1. stowaway | a person who hides aboard a ship or plane in the hope of getting free passage. |
| ~ passenger, rider | a traveler riding in a vehicle (a boat or bus or car or plane or train etc) who is not operating it. |
| flee | | |
| v. (motion) | 1. flee, fly, take flight | run away quickly.; "He threw down his gun and fled" |
| ~ break | make a rupture in the ranks of the enemy or one's own by quitting or fleeing.; "The ranks broke" |
| ~ stampede | run away in a stampede. |
| ~ abscond, absquatulate, go off, make off, run off, decamp, bolt | run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along.; "The thief made off with our silver"; "the accountant absconded with the cash from the safe" |
| ~ elope, run off | run away secretly with one's beloved.; "The young couple eloped and got married in Las Vegas" |
| ~ escape, get away, break loose | run away from confinement.; "The convicted murderer escaped from a high security prison" |
| ~ fly the coop, head for the hills, hightail it, lam, run away, scarper, scat, take to the woods, turn tail, run, bunk, break away, escape | flee; take to one's heels; cut and run.; "If you see this man, run!"; "The burglars escaped before the police showed up" |
| ~ high-tail | retreat at full speed.; "The actress high-tailed to her villa when reporters began to follow her to the restaurant" |
| ~ defect, desert | desert (a cause, a country or an army), often in order to join the opposing cause, country, or army.; "If soldiers deserted Hitler's army, they were shot" |
| run away | | |
| v. (motion) | 1. break away, bunk, escape, fly the coop, head for the hills, hightail it, lam, run, run away, scarper, scat, take to the woods, turn tail | flee; take to one's heels; cut and run.; "If you see this man, run!"; "The burglars escaped before the police showed up" |
| ~ go forth, leave, go away | go away from a place.; "At what time does your train leave?"; "She didn't leave until midnight"; "The ship leaves at midnight" |
| ~ flee, take flight, fly | run away quickly.; "He threw down his gun and fled" |
| ~ skedaddle | run away, as if in a panic. |
| v. (motion) | 2. run away | escape from the control of.; "Industry is running away with us all" |
| ~ escape, get away, break loose | run away from confinement.; "The convicted murderer escaped from a high security prison" |
| scram | | |
| v. (motion) | 1. bugger off, buzz off, fuck off, get, scram | leave immediately; used usually in the imperative form.; "Scram!" |
| ~ go forth, leave, go away | go away from a place.; "At what time does your train leave?"; "She didn't leave until midnight"; "The ship leaves at midnight" |
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