Synonyms for turn tail
Most common
cut and run break away high-tail it flee give ground re-treat
All synonyms
Verb
1. Flee
flee, make off, run, cut and run, break away, high-tail it, escape, bunk, lam, fly the coop, scat, scarper slang UK
Other
Definitions
- v. 1
To turn away from someone or something, in preparation for running away; to reverse direction; to leave or flee.
Example sentences
- flee Learn that of foreigners, but don't flee your own.
By length
- 3 letters
- run1, lam1
- 4 letters
- flee1, bunk1, scat1
- 6 letters
- escape2
- 7 letters
- scarper
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (escape2 = 2 syllables).