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take to the hills
Language:
Meanings:
1.
General
neutral
idiomatic
To flee to remote or elevated countryside, typically to escape danger, pursuit, or persecution; to go into hiding.
To withdraw from an area of conflict or threat by retreating to less accessible terrain.
2.
General
literary
dated
To abandon settled or urban life and live in the hills or wilderness, often implying a long-term retreat from society.
Examples:
EN:
I shall take to the hills and live with the tree folk people.
ES:
Viviré en las colinas, con los aborígenes
EN:
And take to the hills?
ES:
¿Y llevarlos a las colinas?
EN:
I... I... I must take to the hills.
ES:
Debo irme a las colinas.
EN:
I must take to the hills.
ID:
Aku harus ke bukit.
EN:
What'd you do to make him take to the hills?
ID:
Adalah "Pukul berapa suamimu pulang?"
EN:
We will take to the hills."
TE:
వీటిని మనతో కొండకోట నగరానికి తీసుకు పోదాం," అన్నారు.
EN:
Those of us who come out of this alive will take to the hills.
ES:
Los que sobrevivamos iremos a las colinas.
EN:
Those of us who come out of this alive will take to the hills.
ES:
Los que sobrevivamos iremos a las colinas.
EN:
The Japanese came in so fast, we had to take to the hills with scarcely time to pack our things.
ES:
Los japoneses llegaron tan rápido que fuimos a las colinas... y casi no hubo tiempo de empacar.
EN:
Watch them take to the hills now.
ES:
Los veremos ir a las colinas.
EN:
Go down to the town and surrender, or take to the hills.
ES:
Ir al pueblo y rendirnos o irnos a las colinas.
EN:
What did you do to make him take to the hills?
ES:
¿Qué hiciste para que huyera?
EN:
- She had to take to the hills!
ES:
- Escapó al monte.
EN:
I set the dear thing free thinking it would take to the hills but he returned to search out the man no person could ever find.
ES:
Liberé a la pobre cosa pensando que iría a las montañas pero él volvió a buscar al hombre que nadie podría encontrar.
EN:
We'll take to the hills.
ES:
Unai y yo hemos decidido no volver a nuestras casas.
EN:
He'll take to the hills then we can propagate the legend.
ES:
Irá a las montañas.
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