go AWOL

defecting

dɪˈfɛkt

verb

abandon one’s country or cause in favour of an opposing one.

he defected to the Soviet Union after the war

desert,go over to the enemy,turn traitor,rebel,renege,abscond,go AWOL,quit,escape,shift ground,break faith,be apostate,apostatize,abandon,renounce,repudiate,secede from,revolt against,rat on,forsake,tergiversate

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defected

dɪˈfɛkt

verb

abandon one’s country or cause in favour of an opposing one.

he defected to the Soviet Union after the war

desert,go over to the enemy,turn traitor,rebel,renege,abscond,go AWOL,quit,escape,shift ground,break faith,be apostate,apostatize,abandon,renounce,repudiate,secede from,revolt against,rat on,forsake,tergiversate

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decamps

dɪˈkamp

verb

leave a place suddenly or secretly.

now he has decamped to Hollywood

abscond,make off,run off,run away,flee,bolt,take off,take flight,disappear,vanish,slip away,steal away,sneak away,beat a hasty retreat,escape,make a run for it,make one’s getaway,leave,depart,make oneself scarce,split,scram,skedaddle,vamoose,skip,cut and run,make tracks,push off,shove off,clear off,hightail it,hotfoot it,show a clean pair of heels,do a bunk,do a runner,do a moonlight flit,do a disappearing act,head for the hills,fly the coop,take French leave,go AWOL,scarper,take a powder,go on the lam,light out,bug out,peel out,cut out,hook it

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decamping

dɪˈkamp

verb

leave a place suddenly or secretly.

now he has decamped to Hollywood

abscond,make off,run off,run away,flee,bolt,take off,take flight,disappear,vanish,slip away,steal away,sneak away,beat a hasty retreat,escape,make a run for it,make one’s getaway,leave,depart,make oneself scarce,split,scram,skedaddle,vamoose,skip,cut and run,make tracks,push off,shove off,clear off,hightail it,hotfoot it,show a clean pair of heels,do a bunk,do a runner,do a moonlight flit,do a disappearing act,head for the hills,fly the coop,take French leave,go AWOL,scarper,take a powder,go on the lam,light out,bug out,peel out,cut out,hook it

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decamped

dɪˈkamp

verb

leave a place suddenly or secretly.

now he has decamped to Hollywood

abscond,make off,run off,run away,flee,bolt,take off,take flight,disappear,vanish,slip away,steal away,sneak away,beat a hasty retreat,escape,make a run for it,make one’s getaway,leave,depart,make oneself scarce,split,scram,skedaddle,vamoose,skip,cut and run,make tracks,push off,shove off,clear off,hightail it,hotfoot it,show a clean pair of heels,do a bunk,do a runner,do a moonlight flit,do a disappearing act,head for the hills,fly the coop,take French leave,go AWOL,scarper,take a powder,go on the lam,light out,bug out,peel out,cut out,hook it

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decamp

dɪˈkamp

verb

leave a place suddenly or secretly.

now he has decamped to Hollywood

abscond,make off,run off,run away,flee,bolt,take off,take flight,disappear,vanish,slip away,steal away,sneak away,beat a hasty retreat,escape,make a run for it,make one’s getaway,leave,depart,make oneself scarce,split,scram,skedaddle,vamoose,skip,cut and run,make tracks,push off,shove off,clear off,hightail it,hotfoot it,show a clean pair of heels,do a bunk,do a runner,do a moonlight flit,do a disappearing act,head for the hills,fly the coop,take French leave,go AWOL,scarper,take a powder,go on the lam,light out,bug out,peel out,cut out,hook it

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apostatizing

/əˈpɒstətʌɪz/

verb

Renounce a religious or political belief or principle.

the property of wealthy Christians was liable to confiscation unless they apostatized

desert,go over to the enemy,change allegiances,change loyalties,change sides,turn traitor,rebel,renege,abscond,go AWOL,quit,escape

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apostatizes

/əˈpɒstətʌɪz/

verb

Renounce a religious or political belief or principle.

the property of wealthy Christians was liable to confiscation unless they apostatized

desert,go over to the enemy,change allegiances,change loyalties,change sides,turn traitor,rebel,renege,abscond,go AWOL,quit,escape

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apostatized

/əˈpɒstətʌɪz/

verb

Renounce a religious or political belief or principle.

the property of wealthy Christians was liable to confiscation unless they apostatized

desert,go over to the enemy,change allegiances,change loyalties,change sides,turn traitor,rebel,renege,abscond,go AWOL,quit,escape

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apostatize

/əˈpɑstəˌtaɪz/

intransitive verb

Renounce a religious or political belief or principle.

the property of wealthy Christians was liable to confiscation unless they apostatized

desert,go over to the enemy,change allegiances,change loyalties,change sides,turn traitor,rebel,renege,abscond,go AWOL,quit,escape

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apostatising

/əˈpɒstətʌɪz/

verb

Renounce a religious or political belief or principle.

the property of wealthy Christians was liable to confiscation unless they apostatized

desert,go over to the enemy,change allegiances,change loyalties,change sides,turn traitor,rebel,renege,abscond,go AWOL,quit,escape

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apostatises

/əˈpɒstətʌɪz/

verb

Renounce a religious or political belief or principle.

the property of wealthy Christians was liable to confiscation unless they apostatized

desert,go over to the enemy,change allegiances,change loyalties,change sides,turn traitor,rebel,renege,abscond,go AWOL,quit,escape

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apostatised

/əˈpɒstətʌɪz/

verb

Renounce a religious or political belief or principle.

the property of wealthy Christians was liable to confiscation unless they apostatized

desert,go over to the enemy,change allegiances,change loyalties,change sides,turn traitor,rebel,renege,abscond,go AWOL,quit,escape

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apostatise

/əˈpɒstətʌɪz/

verb

Renounce a religious or political belief or principle.

the property of wealthy Christians was liable to confiscation unless they apostatized

desert,go over to the enemy,change allegiances,change loyalties,change sides,turn traitor,rebel,renege,abscond,go AWOL,quit,escape

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