na. | 1. cover one's face and creep away; cover one's head and scurry away like a rat to its hole; flee [run] for one's life; flee in a panic; flee helter-skelter; flee like a mouse, covering one's head with one's sleeves; put one's hands over one's head and flee like a frightened rat; run off like a rat; run off, terrified, glad to escape with life; scurry [scamper] off like a frightened rat; skulk off; throw one's arms over one's head and run away; turned tail and fled for one's life |
