cutting and running
- fleeingRapid escape from danger
- escapingDeparting confinement hastily
- desertingAbandoning one's obligations
- abandoningLeaving permanently behind
- boltingDeparting at speed
retreating · cowardice · bailing · ditching · absconding · flight · panic · desertion · skedaddling · vanishing · chickening · quitting · surrender · escape · tail · dust · disappearing · scrambling
cutting and runningsticking it out
persevering · digging in · hanging in there · doubling down · soldiering on
cutting and runningstanding your ground
facing the music · confronting · standing tall · fighting back · stepping up
cutting and runningfollowing through
Completing what was started
standing by · staying true · taking responsibility · answering the call