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v. 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"

flee, fly, take flight

v. run away quickly; "He threw down his gun and fled"

shoot, tear, charge, buck, shoot down

v. move quickly and violently; "The car tore down the street"; "He came charging into my office"

dart, dash, scoot, scud, flash, shoot

v. run or move very quickly or hastily; "She dashed into the yard"

clamber, scramble, shin, shinny, skin, struggle, sputter

v. climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling

scramble

v. to move hurriedly; "The friend scrambled after them"

scurry, scamper, skitter, scuttle

v. to move about or proceed hurriedly; "so terrified by the extraordinary ebbing of the sea that they scurried to higher ground"

palpitate

v. cause to throb or beat rapidly; "Her violent feelings palpitated the young woman's heart"

flicker, waver, flitter, flutter, quiver

v. move back and forth very rapidly; "the candle flickered"

jet

v. fly a jet plane

dart, dash, scoot, scud, flash, shoot

v. run or move very quickly or hastily; "She dashed into the yard"

abscond, bolt, absquatulate, decamp, run off, go off, make off

v. 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"

flee, fly, take flight

v. run away quickly; "He threw down his gun and fled"

shoot, tear, charge, buck, shoot down

v. move quickly and violently; "The car tore down the street"; "He came charging into my office"

flit, flutter, fleet, dart

v. move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart; "The hummingbird flitted among the branches"

sail

v. traverse or travel on (a body of water); "We sailed the Atlantic"; "He sailed the Pacific all alone"

dissolve, resolve, break up

v. cause to go into a solution; "The recipe says that we should dissolve a cup of sugar in two cups of water"

fade, melt

v. become less clearly visible or distinguishable; disappear gradually or seemingly; "The scene begins to fade"; "The tree trunks are melting into the forest at dusk"

fade, wither

v. lose freshness, vigor, or vitality; "Her bloom was fading"

languish, fade

v. become feeble; "The prisoner has be languishing for years in the dungeon"

evade

v. practice evasion; "This man always hesitates and evades"

rush, hotfoot, hasten, hie, speed, race, pelt along, rush along, cannonball along, bucket along, belt along, step on it

v. move fast; "He rushed down the hall to receive his guests"; "The cars raced down the street"

dart, dash, scoot, scud, flash, shoot

v. run or move very quickly or hastily; "She dashed into the yard"

fly, wing

v. travel through the air; be airborne; "Man cannot fly"

fly

v. be dispersed or disseminated; "Rumors and accusations are flying"

shoot, tear, charge, buck, shoot down

v. move quickly and violently; "The car tore down the street"; "He came charging into my office"

argus-eyed, open-eyed, vigilant, wakeful

adj. carefully observant or attentive; on the lookout for possible danger; "a policy of open-eyed awareness"; "the vigilant eye of the town watch"; "there was a watchful dignity in the room"; "a watchful parent with a toddler in tow"

heads-up, wide-awake

adj. fully alert and watchful; "played heads-up ball"

go down

v. be defeated; "If America goes down, the free world will go down, too"

go down

v. be defeated; "If America goes down, the free world will go down, too"

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