Related Clues:

• Took a powder
• Sought a seat
• Wasted no time
• Scampered
• High-tailed it
• Headed up
• Competed in a 10K
• Sea ''port?''
• Succumbed to fear, maybe
• Competed in a marathon
• Bank in Paris
• Accepted the nomination, say
• Sped up
• Japanese adaptation of "King Lear"
• Threw one's hat in the ring