take a hike

   1. to be dismissed from employment

   A variant of the more common walk²:

    They told him to take a hike, because it was so gross. (Theroux, 1993)

   See also hike¹ (off).

   2. to become a fugitive

   Usually after escaping from prison:

    'No fences, no locks, no guns. But also no swimming pool or tennis court.' 'So why doesn't everybody just take a hike?' 'Because if you do, when they catch you, you get a mandatory extra five years.' (Erdman, 1993)

   but also of evading your creditors:

    When gold finally moved up, a lot of his investors tried to exercise their options, which prompted my former colleague... to take a hike, (ibid.)