skip town
take a powder

Next year most of the "home team" will have skipped town.

If he skipped town, his father and a local resident would pay.

You can count on a railroad not to skip town.

"What's to keep him from skipping town between now and tomorrow?"

Sounds to me they know they've skipped town and aren't coming back.

They would just as soon skip town and return the next day.

The funeral director, a friend of 35 years, skipped town.

"First thing we want to know, why the hell did he decide to skip town?"

He wasn't one to skip town for the fun of it.

Maybe he should just pay Tony a visit and skip town.