defect from (something)
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.
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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
- defect
- defect from
- defect to
- defect to (something)
- seeing is believing
- in at the death
- in on the kill
- repatriate to some place
- no smoking
- disinclined to