skedaddle

Example Sentences

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But even the vague threat of personal conflict and humiliation was enough to make him skedaddle down to Mar-a-Lago when it was time to go.

From Salon • Aug. 16, 2023

“The session adjourns and members skedaddle out of there rapidly so it’s hard for journalists to get to them, unlike when they’re on the floor they can immediately get to them.”

From Seattle Times • Feb. 17, 2022

Ernest Hemingway’s advice for novelists dealing with Hollywood was to stop on the east bank of the Colorado River, hold your nose, toss your screenplay over the state line, take the money and skedaddle.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 4, 2022

But we can hear MGM’s “ultra pool” before we even lay eyes on it, and we turn on our heels and skedaddle back down the Strip to our hotel.

From New York Times • Sep. 4, 2018

“You’ve got about thirty minutes. Better skedaddle before Lily sees you, or she’ll hug on you 'til the car is half out of the driveway.”

From "Caterpillar Summer" by Gillian McDunn