defect from

defect from (something)

To leave some place, often under repressive conditions and when it is prohibited. I defected from my homeland after witnessing the atrocities carried out by the government.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

defect from something

to run away from something; to forsake something. Thousands of soldiers defected from the army. Roger would never think of defecting from the armed services.
See also: defect
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • defect
  • defect from (something)
  • defect to
  • defect to (something)
  • seeing is believing
  • in at the death
  • in on the kill
  • repatriate to some place
  • no smoking
  • disinclined to
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