ROGET'S THESAURUS OF ENGLISH WORDS AND PHRASES ...

ush upon; rush headlong &c (violence) 173, ride full tilt at, run full tilt at; make a leap
at, jump at, snatch at run down; start game.
tread a path; take a course, hold a course; shape one's steps, direct one's steps, bend
one's steps, course; play a game; fight one's way, elbow one's way; follow up; take to,
take up; go in for; ride one's hobby.
Adj. pursuing &c v.; in quest of &c (inquiry) 461; in pursuit, in full cry, in hot pursuit; on
the scent.
Adv. in pursuance of &c (intention) 620; after.
Int. tallyho!, yoicks!, soho! † ,
623. [Absence of pursuit.] Avoidance -- N. abstention, abstinence; for bearance † ;
refraining &c v.; inaction &c 681; neutrality.
avoidance, evasion, elusion; seclusion &c 893.
avolation † , flight; escape &c 671; retreat &c 287; recoil &c 277; departure &c 293;
rejection &c 610.
shirker &c v.; truant; fugitive, refugee; runaway, runagate; maroon.
V. abstain, refrain, spare, not attempt; not do &c 681; maintain the even tenor of one's
way.
eschew, keep from, let alone, have nothing to do with; keep aloof keep off, stand
aloof, stand off, hold aloof, hold off; take no part in, have no hand in.
avoid, shun; steer clear of, keep clear of; fight shy of; keep one's distance, keep at a
respectful distance; keep out of the way, get out of the way; evade, elude, turn away
from; set one's face against &c (oppose) 708; deny oneself.
shrink back; hang back, hold back, draw back; recoil &c 277; retire &c (recede) 287;
flinch, blink, blench, shy, shirk, dodge, parry, make way for, give place to.
beat a retreat; turn tail, turn one's back; take to one's heels; runaway, run for one's life;
cut and run; be off like a shot; fly, flee; fly away, flee away, run away from; take flight,
take to flight; desert, elope; make off, scamper off, sneak off, shuffle off, sheer off; break
away, tear oneself away, slip away, slink away, steel away, make away from, scamper
away from, sneak away from, shuffle away from, sheer away from; slip cable, part
company, turn one's heel; sneak out of, play truant, give one the go by, give leg bail, take
French leave, slope, decamp, flit, bolt, abscond, levant, skedaddle, absquatulat [U.S.], cut
one's stick, walk one's chalks, show a light pair of heels, make oneself scarce; escape &c
671; go away &c (depart) 293; abandon &c 624; reject &c 610.
lead one a dance, lead one a pretty dance; throw off the scent, play at hide and seek.
Adj. unsought, unattempted; avoiding &c v.; neutral, shy of &c (unwilling) 603; elusive,
evasive; fugitive, runaway; shy, wild.
Adj. lest, in order to avoid.
Int. forbear!, keep off, hands off!, sauve qui peut! [Fr.], every man for himself! [Fr.Tr.];
devil take the hindmost!,
Phr. things unattempted yet in prose or rhyme [Paradise Lost].
624. Relinquishment -- N. relinquishment, abandonment; desertion, defection, secession,
withdrawal; cave of Adullam † ; nolle prosequi [Lat.].
discontinuance &c (cessation) 142; renunciation &c (recantation) 607; abrogation &c
756; resignation &c (retirement) 757; desuetude &c 614; cession &c (of property) 782.