defect to (something)

defect to (something)

To leave some place, often under repressive conditions and when it is prohibited, and go to another place. I defected to this country after witnessing the atrocities being carried out in my homeland.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

defect to something

to forsake one group and take up with another. Will he defect to the other side? David defected to a small East European country.
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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • defect to
  • ditch (some place)
  • fly off
  • Mecca for
  • barrel in
  • barrel in(to)
  • come on into (some place)
  • come right in
  • know place
  • know your place