"take to the hills" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-take to the hills.ogg [Australia] Forms: takes to the hills [present, singular, third-person], taking to the hills [participle, present], took to the hills [past], taken to the hills [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|take<,,took,taken> to the hills}} take to the hills (third-person singular simple present takes to the hills, present participle taking to the hills, simple past took to the hills, past participle taken to the hills)
  1. (idiomatic) To flee or vanish; to run away. Tags: idiomatic Related terms: take a powder, take to one's heels Translations (idioms meaning "to run away"): ottaa hatkat (Finnish), ottaa Ritolat (Finnish), das Weite suchen (German), sich abseilen (German), sich dünnmachen (German), sich verkrümeln (German), poner tierra de por medio (Spanish), echarse al monte (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-take_to_the_hills-en-verb-GBWt5bPI Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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      "sense": "idioms meaning \"to run away\"",
      "word": "poner tierra de por medio"
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