Antonyms for cut and run
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : kuht |
| Phonetic Transcription : kÊŒt |
- abide
- accept
- agree
- aid
- allow
- appear
- arrive
- assist
- attach
- capture
- cause
- cease
- combine
- come
- come in
- confront
- connect
- continue
- dally
- dawdle
- delay
- encounter
- endure
- enter
- face
- fasten
- fill
- fix
- give up
- halt
- help
- hide
- join
- keep quiet
- keep to
- land
- linger
- meet
- mend
- obey
- occupy
- open
- persevere
- procrastinate
- put together
- remain
- rest
- secret
- secure
- serve
- slow
- stabilize
- stand
- stay
- stay on ground
- stop
- strengthen
- take on
- wait
- walk
- yield
Definition of cut and run
Origin :- 1520s, "gash, incision," from cut (v.); meaning "piece cut off" is from 1590s; sense of "a wounding sarcasm" is from 1560s.
- As in abscond : verb run away, depart secretly
- As in make off : verb flee, run away
- As in part : verb leave, go away from someone
- As in run : verb move fast on foot
- As in break : verb run away
- As in absquatulate : verb escape
- As in hightail : verb run
- As in lam : verb escape
- As in depart : verb leave, retreat
- As in escape : verb break away from
- As in flee : verb run away to escape
- As in fly : verb escape, flee
Synonyms for cut and run
- abandon
- abdicate
- abscond
- absent
- amble
- avoid
- bail out
- barrel
- beat a hasty retreat
- beat it
- blast off
- blow
- bolt
- bound
- break
- break off
- break out
- break up
- burst out
- bust out
- bustle
- canter
- career
- circumvent
- clear
- clear out
- course
- cut and run
- cut loose
- cut out
- dart
- dash
- decamp
- dedomicile
- depart
- desert
- disappear
- dodge
- dog it
- double
- duck
- duck out
- ease out
- elope
- elude
- emerge
- emigrate
- escape
- evacuate
- evade
- exit
- fade
- flee
- flit
- fly
- fly the coop
- gallop
- get
- get away
- get away with
- get off
- get out
- get the hell out
- git
- give someone the slip
- go
- go away
- go AWOL
- go forth
- go like lightning
- go scot-free
- go separate ways
- go south
- hasten
- hasten away
- hide
- hie
- hightail
- hightail it
- hit the bricks
- hit the road
- hit the trail
- hotfoot
- hurry
- hustle
- j
- jog
- jump
- leave
- leave flat
- leg it
- light out
- lope
- make a break
- make a getaway
- make a quick exit
- make away
- make getaway
- make off
- make one's escape
- make oneself scarce
- make quick exit
- make scarce
- make tracks
- march out
- migrate
- move on
- move out
- pace
- part
- part company
- pass
- perish
- play hooky
- pull out
- push off
- quit
- quit the scene
- race
- remove
- retire
- retreat
- run
- run away
- run for it
- run from
- run off
- run out on
- rush
- sally forth
- say goodbye
- scamper
- scoot
- scorch
- scram
- scramble
- scud
- scurry
- secede
- separate
- set forth
- shag
- ship out
- shoot
- shove off
- shun
- skedaddle
- skip
- skip out
- skitter
- slip
- slip away
- smoke
- sneak away
- speed
- split
- split up
- spring
- sprint
- spurt
- start
- start out
- steal away
- step on it
- step on the gas
- take a hike
- take a powder
- take flight
- take it on the lam
- take leave
- take off
- take on the lam
- tear
- tear out
- tergiversate
- travel
- troop
- trot
- vacate
- vamoose
- vanish
- walk out on
- whisk
- withdraw
- work out of
- wriggle out
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