Answer: takeapowder

AnswerCrossword Clue
TAKEAPOWDER

Leave without notice

TAKEAPOWDER

...like a cosmetician?

TAKEAPOWDER

Flee to avoid unpleasantry

TAKEAPOWDER
Make a run for it
TAKEAPOWDER
Split
TAKEAPOWDERGo on the lam
TAKEAPOWDERLam it
TAKEAPOWDERLeave in a hurry
TAKEAPOWDERDecamp
TAKEAPOWDERFlee, illegally?
TAKEAPOWDERGo out of the toiletries business?