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abscond Verb to run away unexpectedly [Latin abscondere to conceal]
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abscond verb escape, flee, get away, bolt, fly, disappear, skip, run off, slip away, clear out, flit (informal) make off, break free or out, decamp, hook it (slang) do a runner (slang) steal away, sneak away, do a bunk Brit. (slang) fly the coop U.S., Canad. (informal) skedaddle (informal) take a powder U.S., Canad. (slang) go on the lam U.S., Canad. (slang) make your getaway, do a Skase Austral. (informal) make or effect your escape Translations How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Others write plays with such heedlessness that, after they have been acted, the actors have to fly and abscond, afraid of being punished, as they often have been, for having acted something offensive to some king or other, or insulting to some noble family. The trees are leaving and cashiers abscond. |
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