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• v  move away or escape suddenly
• v  break off (a piece from a whole)
• v  interrupt a continued activity
• v  withdraw from an organization or communion
• v  flee; take to one's heels; cut and run

• break
• break out
• chip
• chip off
• come off
• break off
• secede
• splinter
• scat
• run
• scarper
• turn tail
• lam
• run away
• hightail it
• bunk
• head for the hills
• take to the woods
• escape
• fly the coop

News & Articles

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• Pizarro: Puttin' on the Ritz for a runaway trip to Half Moon Bay
  My wife, Amy, and I had a rare treat last weekend: I was able to break away from the fundraising dinners and gallery openings in Silicon Valley so we could spend our first weekend away from our adorable children, who got even more adorable once we left them with their grandparents and got out of town.
  June 11, 2013 - The Milpitas Post