beat a (hasty) retreat
31retreat — I n. withdrawal 1) to beat, carry out, make a retreat (they made good their retreat; the regiment carried out its retreat in good order) 2) a hasty, precipitate retreat 3) full retreat (in full retreat) 4) a strategic; tactical retreat signal for …
32escape — v 1. get awry, get free, get out, get clear of, break away, make or effect one s escape, make good one s escape, get away safely, Archaic. scape or scape, Inf. jump, Inf. skip, Inf. make a getaway or clean getaway, Inf. fly the coop; All Sl.… …
33run — v 1. dash, dart, bolt, tear, tear along, bowl along, make time, cover ground, make strides or rapid strides; sprint, fly, flit, whiz, whisk; zoom, zip, career, rip, scour, scud, scorch, burn up the road, outstrip the wind, race like the wind, go… …
34Arminius — Arminius, also known as Armin or Hermann (18 BC/17 BC AD 21) was a chieftain of the Cherusci who defeated a Roman army in the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest. His tribal coalition against the Roman Empire successfully blocked the efforts of… …
35USS Vireo (AM-52) — was a , and USS|Turkey|AM 13. Shortly before 0800 that morning, Japanese aircraft roared overhead. The marauders swept over the Fleet s base and devastated not only Peal Harbor, but outlying Army and Navy installations all over the island of Oahu …
36fly — I v 1. take wing, wing one s way, take off, take to the air, become airborne; soar, sail, zoom, cruise, coast, sweep, skim, Inf. kite; glide, plane, volplane, sailplane; dart, flit, flirt, hop, volitate. 2. float, hover, drift, hang, poise, float …
37abscond — v 1. flee, bolt, elope, escape, fly, take flight, take to flight, take wing, Sl. wing it, Inf. beat it, Inf. skip out, Inf. skip town, Inf. skedaddle, Sl. skidoodle, Sl. skidoo or skiddoo, Sl. vamoose or vamose, Sl. light out; run, run away, run… …
38flee — v 1. run, run away or off, take to one s heels, make a quick exit, Rare. fugitate, Inf. take off, Inf. clear out, Inf. make tracks, Inf. cut out, Inf. cut and run, Inf. fly the coop, Sl. split, Sl. scram, Sl. blow, Sl. hightail it, Sl. lam or… …
39Michael von Kienmayer — Born 17 January 1755 …
40Monarch's Way — Waymark on a Public Footpath Length 615 miles (990 km) Location Warwickshire, Worcestershire, Staffordshire, Sussex, Gloucesters …
