light out
English
Verb
light out (third-person singular simple present lights out, present participle lighting out, simple past and past participle lit out)
- (slang, dated) To run away.
- As he would hitch it up, the horse would bolt and light out for home.
- (slang, dated) To seek to escape pursuit by fleeing.
- The outlaws lit out for the border when the soldiers came.