The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word BOLT , but the solution may also be FLEE which is one of the most recent solution (2024 in LA Times).
Leave in a hurry crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| BOLT | 28 % | 4 |
| FLEE | 13 % | 4 |
| MAKETRACKS | 11 % | 10 |
| DASHOFF | 7 % | 7 |
| SCAT | 7 % | 4 |
| LAM | 4 % | 3 |
| BAIL | 4 % | 4 |
| PEELOUT | 2 % | 7 |
| SKIDDOO | 2 % | 7 |
| SKIP | 2 % | 4 |
| RUNOFF | 2 % | 6 |
| DECAMP | 2 % | 6 |
| TAKEAPOWDER | 2 % | 11 |
| RACEOFF | 2 % | 7 |
| SPLIT | 2 % | 5 |
| ABSCOND | 2 % | 7 |
| FLY | 2 % | 3 |
| RUSHOFF | 2 % | 7 |
| HIGHTAIL | 2 % | 8 |
Why may FLEE be the right solution?
"FLEE" is the right solution because it means to leave a place quickly in order to escape from danger or a difficult situation.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Leave in a hurry
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- depart
- exit
- bolt
- mak
- make
- put
- run off
- bolt out
- bug
- bugged
- bugging
- nug
Crossword Answer definitions
BOLT noun- A (usually) metal fastener consisting of a cylindrical body that is threaded, with a larger head on one end. It can be inserted into an unthreaded hole up to the head, with a nut then threaded on the other end; a heavy machine screw.
- A sliding pin or bar in a lock or latch mechanism.
- A bar of wood or metal dropped in horizontal hooks on a door and adjoining wall or between the two sides of a double door, to prevent the door(s) from being forced open.
- A sliding mechanism to chamber and unchamber a cartridge in a firearm.
- A small personal-armour-piercing missile for short-range use, or (in common usage though deprecated by experts) a short arrow, intended to be shot from a crossbow or a catapult.
- A lightning spark, i.e., a lightning bolt.
- A sudden event, action or emotion.
- A large roll of fabric or similar material, as a bolt of cloth.
- A sudden spring or start; a sudden leap aside.
- A sudden flight, as to escape creditors.
- A refusal to support a nomination made by the party with which one has been connected; a breaking away from one's party.
- An iron to fasten the legs of a prisoner; a shackle; a fetter.
- A burst of speed or efficiency.
- To connect or assemble pieces using a bolt.
- To secure a door by locking or barring it.
- To flee, to depart, to accelerate suddenly.
- To cause to start or spring forth; to dislodge (an animal being hunted).
- To strike or fall suddenly like a bolt.
- To escape.
- Of a plant, to grow quickly; to go to seed.
- To swallow food without chewing it.
- To drink one's drink very quickly; to down a drink.
- To refuse to support a nomination made by a party or caucus with which one has been connected; to break away from a party.
- To utter precipitately; to blurt or throw out.
- Suddenly; straight; unbendingly.
- A sieve, especially a long fine sieve used in milling for bolting flour and meal; a bolter.
- To sift, especially through a cloth.
- To sift the bran and germ from wheat flour.
- To separate, assort, refine, or purify by other means.
- To discuss or argue privately, and for practice, as cases at law.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result BOLT
- Cloth roll
- Nut's partner
- Cloth unit
- Wolf down
- Fabric measurement
- Make tracks
- Wolf (down)
- Run for it
- Neck ornament for Karloff
- Hightail it
More clues leading to the result FLEE
- Barrister Bailey
- Leave town
- Scamper off
- Hightail it
- Skip town
- Get outta here
- Get the hell out of Dodge (Tribute #3)
- Run
- Skedaddle
- Head for the hills
More clues leading to the result MAKETRACKS
- ...like a railroad worker?
- Scamper through the snow
- Leave in a hurry
- Hurry
- See 35 Across
- Leave quickly
- Go quickly
- Hurry up
- SCRAM
- Flee
More clues leading to the result DASHOFF
More clues leading to the result SCAT
- "Get lost, cat!
- "Get outta here!"
- Fitzgerald's forte
- Go "shooby-doo," or just "shoo"
- Shoo!
- Get outta here!
- Hit the road!
- Ella's forte
- Ella's music
- Get lost!
More clues leading to the result LAM
- Beat it
- Escape
- Headlong flight
- Run for it
- Wallop
- Get out of town
- Skip town
- Take a powder
- Felon's exit
- Felonious flight
More clues leading to the result BAIL
- It may be posted
- At times, it's posted
- Insurance money?
- The cost of leaving?
- Remove water
- Quit, so to speak
- Pound notes?
- Court payment
- Release payment
- $50, in Monopoly
More clues leading to the result PEELOUT
- Leave skid marks
- Leave rubber on the road
- Participate in drag?
- Burn rubber
- Leave quickly, as from a parking spot
- Leave in a hurry
More clues leading to the result SKIDDOO
- Go
- Split
- Decamp
- Scram
- "Vamoose!"
- Leave in a hurry
- Go away: Slang.
- Old-fashioned "scram!"
- Shoo, '20's style
- Bug out
More clues leading to the result SKIP
- Fail to include
- Leave quickly
- LP problem
- Pass over
- Omit
- Ditch, as class
- Go past
- Green card in a party game
- Ignore, as pre-roll ads
- Uno card
More clues leading to the result RUNOFF
- Abscond (with)
- Post-election election
- Heavy rain aftermath
- Split
- Elope.
- Decamp
- Flee
- Part two of an election
- Make copies of
More clues leading to the result DECAMP
- Resume the hike, perhaps
- Pull up stakes
- Pull up stakes, perhaps
- Take down the tents and move on
- Put out the fire, pack up the tent, etc.
- Pack up the tents and supplies
- Abscond
- Abscond.
- Run away suddenly.
- Run away.
More clues leading to the result TAKEAPOWDER
- Leave without notice
- ...like a cosmetician?
- Flee to avoid unpleasantry
- Cosmetologist's expression for hastily exiting?
- Make a run for it
- Split
- Go on the lam
- Lam it
- Leave in a hurry
- Decamp
More clues leading to the result RACEOFF
More clues leading to the result SPLIT
- 7-10, for one
- Part company
- Depart
- Bowler's bane
- Alley challenge
- Share equally
- Ice cream order
- Undecided
- Ivanisevic's hometown
- Candlepins bummer
More clues leading to the result ABSCOND
- Skip town
- Scram after a scam
- Bolt from the blues
- Take the money and run
- Run away (with)
- Bolt
- Hurry off and hide
- Sneak off and hide
- Run off suddenly
- Leave with the loot
More clues leading to the result FLY
- Eyes from a wall
- Jet
- No-pest strip victim
- Ointment contaminant?
- Screen invader
- Swattable bug
- Birds and bees do it
- Reach new heights?
- Tackle box item
- Soup extra?