Decamp as Bond collapses with cold (7)
I believe the answer is:
abscond
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">decamp</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(synonyms)</span><br/ ><br/ >'<span class="explanation-format__original">as bond collapses with cold</span>' is the wordplay.<br/ >'<span class="explanation-format__original">collapses with</span>' indicates anagramming the letters.<br/ >'<span class="explanation-format__original">cold</span>' becomes '<span class="explanation-format__intermediate">c</span>' <span class="explanation-format__explanation">(eg on taps)</span>.<br/ >'<span class="explanation-format__original">as</span>'+'<span class="explanation-format__original">bond</span>'='<span class="explanation-format__intermediate">asbond</span>'<br/ >'<span class="explanation-format__intermediate">asbond</span>' anagrammed with '<span class="explanation-format__intermediate">c</span>' can make '<span class="explanation-format__answer">ABSCOND</span>'.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for abscond that I've seen before include "Leave to escape arrest" , "Run away from a legal process" , "Bods can (anag.)" , "Run away secretly" , "Leave quickly and secretly" .)