stampede out of some place

stampede out of some place
stampede out of some place
[for a crowd of people or other creatures] to move rapidly out of a place, as if in panic. •

The patrons stampeded out of the smoky theater.

The cattle stampeded out of the corral.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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