lighting out
Making quick escape
Lighting out is departing quickly, especially to escape or embark on an adventure.
The phrase carries a sense of urgency or spontaneity: We're lighting out for the coast at dawn.
Mark Twain made it famous with Huck Finn's intention to "light out for the Territory" rather than be civilized.
- departingIn process of leaving
- hitting the roadStarting to travel
- abscondingDeparting secretly to evade
- escapingDeparting confinement hastily
- on the lamEscaping from police
adventuring · fleeing · skipping town · hightailing · making tracks · exit · dash · wandering · voyaging · striking out · frontier · wilderness · roaming · questing · pioneering · running · bolting · retreating
lighting outarriving
Reaching a destination
coming in · showing up · rolling in · pulling in · turning up
lighting outstaying put
Remaining in place
remaining · staying · settling in · sticking around · hanging around
light, lightly, highlight, lighting, lighter, lighted, lights, lightness, enlighten