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• do a runner — (Brit. informal).See abscond. → runner * * * do a runner (informal) To run away, esp to leave a shop, restaurant, etc quickly, without paying • • • Main Entry: ↑run * * * do a runner british …   Useful english dictionary

• get out — I (Roget s IV) interj. Syn. no!, no kidding?, honestly?; see really . v. 1. [To leave] Syn. go, depart, take one s leave, be off, begone, scram*, split*, take a powder*, skedaddle*, beat it*, get the hell out*; see also leave 1 . 2. [To escape]… …   English dictionary for students

• cut — /kut/, v., cut, cutting, adj., n. v.t. 1. to penetrate with or as if with a sharp edged instrument or object: He cut his finger. 2. to divide with or as if with a sharp edged instrument; sever; carve: to cut a rope. 3. to detach with or as if… …   Universalium

• skip — skip1 skippingly, adv. /skip/, v., skipped, skipping, n. v.i. 1. to move in a light, springy manner by bounding forward with alternate hops on each foot. 2. to pass from one point, thing, subject, etc., to another, disregarding or omitting what… …   Universalium

• run — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. scurry, hasten, travel, abscond; ply, flow; liquefy; act, function, extend, complete, pass into, continue, elapse; operate, work; ravel; thrust, compete; smuggle; informal, streak. See motion,… …   English dictionary for students

• skip — I [[t]skɪp[/t]] v. skipped, skip•ping, n. 1) cvb to move in a light, springy manner by bounding forward with alternate hops on each foot 2) to pass from one point, thing, etc., to another, disregarding or omitting what intervenes 3) to go away… …   From formal English to slang

• skip — I. /skɪp / (say skip) verb (skipped, skipping) –verb (i) 1. to spring, jump, or leap lightly; gambol. 2. to pass from one point, thing, subject, etc., to another, disregarding or omitting what intervenes. 3. Colloquial to go away hastily; abscond …  

• scram — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i., slang, go away, leave (see departure). II (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb Slang. To leave hastily: bolt, get out, run. Informal: clear out, get, hotfoot, skedaddle. Slang: hightail, vamoose. Idioms:… …   English dictionary for students

• skedaddle — I (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. Sl. run away, scoot, leave, *beat feet, vamoose, bolt, scat, *make oneself scarce, *blow, decamp, *hightail it. ANT.: loiter, hang around II (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb Informal. To leave hastily: bolt, get out,… …   English dictionary for students

• vamoose — I (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. *skedaddle, go, *git. see leave II (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb Slang. To leave hastily: bolt, get out, run. Informal: clear out, get, hotfoot, skedaddle. Slang: hightail, scram. Idioms: beat it, hightail it,… …   English dictionary for students

• light — {{11}}light (adj.1) not heavy, from O.E. leoht not heavy, light in weight; easy, trifling; quick, agile, from P.Gmc. *lingkhtaz (Cf. O.N. lettr, Swed. lätt, O.Fris., M.Du. licht, Ger. leicht, Goth. leihts), from PIE root *legwh not heavy, having… …   Etymology dictionary