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Verb: take to the woods
  1. Flee; take to one's heels; cut and run
    "If you see this man, take to the woods!"
    - scat, run, scarper, turn tail, lam [N. Amer], run away, hightail it, bunk, head for the hills, escape, fly the coop, break away, leg it [Brit]

Derived forms: takes to the woods, taken to the woods, taking to the woods, took to the woods

Type of: go away, go forth, leave

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take the road
take the stage
take the stand
take the veil
take time by the forelock
take time off
take to
take to be
take to heart
take to task
take to the woods
take turns
take up
take up arms
take water
takeaway
take-away
takedown
take-home
take-home pay
take-in