take to the woods vs scarper

take to the woods and scarper both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
take to the woods	No	No	Yes	No
scarper	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, take to the woods and scarper are synonyms defined as:

Other synonyms of take to the woods include break away, bunk, escape, fly the coop, head for the hills, hightail it, lam, run, run away, scat, turn tail.

take to the woods (verb)	scarper (verb)
flee; take to one's heels; cut and run	flee; take to one's heels; cut and run