take to the woods vs turn tail

take to the woods and turn tail both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
take to the woods	No	No	Yes	No
turn tail	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, take to the woods and turn tail 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, scarper, scat.

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