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HEAD FOR THE HILLS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does head for the hills mean?
• HEAD FOR THE HILLS (verb)
The verb HEAD FOR THE HILLS has 1 sense:
1. flee; take to one's heels; cut and run
Familiarity information: HEAD FOR THE HILLS used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Flee; take to one's heels; cut and run
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
break away; bunk; escape; fly the coop; head for the hills; hightail it; lam; run; run away; scarper; scat; take to the woods; turn tail
Context example:
The burglars escaped before the police showed up
Hypernyms (to "head for the hills" is one way to...):
go away; go forth; leave (go away from a place)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "head for the hills"):
flee; fly; take flight (run away quickly)
skedaddle (run away, as if in a panic)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
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