Break
Run off
Run off verb - To hasten away from something dangerous or frightening.
Usage example: the mouse ran off as soon as it saw us
Both terms in one sentence
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Then you make — and break — an alliance with Nightcrawler & D'Compose, and then you run off and reawaken Sslither.
Source: Western Animation / Inhumanoids -
Break Her Heart to Save Her: After Nymeria attacks Joffrey, Arya knows the wolf will be killed if the Lannisters get hold of her, so she throws rocks at her to get her to run off into the woods.
Source: Literature / A Game of Thrones - In the comic version, Will Ferrell plays a husband who desperately wants to break up with his wife to run off with the eponymous Melinda, but can't think of an excuse to.
Source: Please Dump Me
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