• to run to seed

• to shoot up

• to ear, to spike

• to break out, to bust out, to chase oneself, to escape, to run off, to show a clean pair of heels, to take one's heels, to wind out

• to flush, to run up, to spring, sprang, sprung

• to bolt, to bust out, to defect, to desert, to escape, to flee, fled, to fly, flew, flown, to get away, to make one's escape, to make tracks, to run away, to skedaddle, to skip off, to slip

• to go off with sy, to run away with sy, to run off with sy

• to break loose

• to sky-rocket

• to escape pursuit

• sink or swim