Hurry+away

  • 91cut and run — verb a) To sail away quickly by cutting the yarns that hold the sails furled. They held on as long as they could, but when the heavy artillery fire started, they had to cut and run. b) To hurry away; to escape. President Bush laid out the… …

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  • 92rapid — (adj.) 1630s, from L. rapidus hasty, snatching, from rapere hurry away, carry off, seize, plunder, from PIE root *reup to snatch (Cf. Gk. ereptomai devour, harpazein snatch away ). Rapid transit first attested 1852, in reference to street… …

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  • 93Rapid — Rap id (r[a^]p [i^]d), a. [L. rapidus, fr. rapere to seize and carry off, to snatch or hurry away; perhaps akin to Gr. arpa zein: cf. F. rapide. Cf. {Harpy}, {Ravish}.] [1913 Webster] 1. Very swift or quick; moving with celerity; fast; as, a… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 94mosey — intransitive verb (moseyed; moseying) Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1829 1. to hurry away 2. to move in a leisurely or aimless manner ; saunter < moseyed around the general store Eric Sevareid > …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 95Walsall Anarchists — The Walsall Anarchists were a group of anarchists arrested on explosive charges in Walsall in 1892.cite book |last=Quail |first=John |title=The Slow Burning Fuse |publisher=Paladin |location=London |year=1978 |isbn=9780586082256 ] Although the&#8230; …

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  • 96dash — dash1 /dash/, v.t. 1. to strike or smash violently, esp. so as to break to pieces: He dashed the plate into smithereens against the wall. 2. to throw or thrust violently or suddenly: to dash one stone against another. 3. to splash, often&#8230; …

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  • 97di di mau — verb To leave quickly, hurry away. [quotation needed] …

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  • 98light out — Synonyms and related words: bear, dash off, dig out, hasten off, head, hurry away, make, nip, nip off, scamper off, set out, skin out, strike out, take off, tear off, tear out, whip off, whiz off …

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  • 99tear out — Synonyms and related words: avulse, cut out, dash off, deracinate, dig out, dig up, disentangle, draw, draw out, dredge, dredge up, eradicate, evolve, evulse, excavate, excise, exsect, extract, extricate, get out, gouge out, grub up, hasten off,&#8230; …

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  • 100be geese — vb American to leave, hurry away, disappear. From the argot of rappers and hip hop enthusiasts, the phrase may be an alteration of ghost. ► Yo, we be geese …

    Contemporary slang