(v. i.) To run away, as from danger or evil; to avoid in an alarmed or cowardly manner; to hasten off; -- usually with from. This is sometimes omitted, making the verb transitive.

abscond absquatulate avoid bail out be annihilated be consumed be destroyed be gone be no more be wiped out beat a retreat beat it blow bolt break break away break jail break loose bunk cease cease to be cease to exist clear out cut and run cut loose cut out decamp dematerialize depart desert die die away die out disappear dispel disperse dissipate dissolve do a fade-out dwindle elope elude erode escape escape prison eschew evade evanesce evaporate exit expire fade fade away fade out fly fly the coop fugitate get away get clear of get free get out get out of go go AWOL go away hide hightail jump jump bail leave no trace leave the scene levant make a getaway make an exit make off make tracks melt melt away pass pass away pass out perish peter out quit retire from sight run run along run away run away from run away with run for it run off scamper scape scoot scram screw show the heels shun sink sink away skedaddle skip skip out slip the cable slip the collar split suffer an eclipse take French leave take flight take off take to flight take wing turn tail vamoose vanish vanish from sight waste waste away wear away