Carter

verb: carter; 3rd person present: carters; past tense: cartered; past participle: cartered; gerund or present participle: cartering

(of a person) move or run away suddenly in an attempt to escape from an imaginary threat, and specfically be unable to acknowledge that the threat is imaginary
synonyms: dash, dart, run, sprint, hurtle, rush, hurry, fly, shoot, flash, spring, leap, bound, start; More

"he cartered down the stairs after he saw a ghost outside the bathroom door"

"he cartered from the pub after two homeless guys with no shoes no, no weapons, and no ability to run fast looked at him"

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