Thesaurus / decamp
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Once a year growing up, my family would decamp to Lake Taupo for trout season.
HOW TO MAKE SMOKED TROUT, ACCORDING TO A CHEF IN TASMANIAMONICA BURTONFEBRUARY 10, 2021EATERElizabeth decamped to Britain along with her companion and ward, Kitty, whom she adopted as a child.
DETERMINED TO PRACTICE MEDICINE, TWO SISTERS DEFIED CONVENTIONSJANET GOLDENFEBRUARY 5, 2021WASHINGTON POSTBy 2020, the paper’s prize-winning investigative reporter and some of its top editors had decamped to a new, nonprofit newsroom, Mountain State Spotlight.
THESE LOCAL NEWSPAPERS SAY FACEBOOK AND GOOGLE ARE KILLING THEM. NOW THEY’RE FIGHTING BACK.MARGARET SULLIVANFEBRUARY 4, 2021WASHINGTON POSTPeter took precautions before and during his flights to Richmond, and if the in-person connection with Betty proved flimsy, he figured he could always decamp to his mother’s place.
THEY MET IN HIGH SCHOOL. FIFTY YEARS LATER, THE PANDEMIC HELPED THEM REALIZE THEY BELONGED TOGETHER.LISA BONOSFEBRUARY 1, 2021WASHINGTON POSTMost decamped to more encrypted messaging apps after Parler, a social app popular with conservatives, went offline when Amazon pulled its hosting services.
'A REAL NIGHTMARE.' STATE CAPITOLS ARE RACING TO CATCH UP TO THE FAR-RIGHT THREATVERA BERGENGRUENJANUARY 14, 2021TIMEOver the next five weeks, the group often decamped to a conference room that had one window looking out onto a brick wall.
INSIDE THE UTILITY COMPANY LOBBYING BLITZ THAT WILL HIKE ELECTRIC BILLSBY PATRICK WILSON, RICHMOND TIMES-DISPATCHOCTOBER 9, 2020PROPUBLICAA call to arms for the decamped gang of Yang if there ever was one — presidency or no.
WILL ANDREW YANG BE THE FIRST SECRETARY OF TECHNOLOGY?EUGENE ROBINSONAUGUST 5, 2020OZYSince the evening before, aides-decamp, leaving the governor's palace, galloped in every direction.
MICHAEL STROGOFFJULES VERNETo "shoot the moon," as the English say, is to decamp from a house without paying the rent.
THE PROVERBS OF SCOTLANDALEXANDER HISLOPA pleasant sight it was, to behold the prelates occupied in hunting him, for he would not decamp!
THE BOOK OF CURIOSITIESI. PLATTSWORDS RELATED TO DECAMP
- abscond
- apostatize
- bail out
- beach
- betray
- bolt
- check out
- chuck
- cop out
- crawl out
- decamp
- depart
- duck
- escape
- flee
- fly
- forsake
- give up
- go
- go AWOL
- go back on
- go over the hill
- go west
- jilt
- leave
- leave high and dry
- leave in the lurch
- leave stranded
- light
- maroon
- opt out
- play truant
- pull out
- quit
- relinquish
- renounce
- resign
- run out on
- sneak off
- split
- strand
- take a hike
- take off
- tergiversate
- throw over
- vacate
- violate oath
- walk
- absconding
- apostatizing
- bailing out
- beaching
- betraying
- bolting
- checking out
- chucking
- copping out
- crawl out
- decamping
- departing
- ducking
- escaping
- fleeing
- flying
- forsaking
- giving up
- going
- going AWOL
- going back on
- going over the hill
- going west
- jilting
- leaving
- leaving high and dry
- leaving in the lurch
- leaving stranding
- lighting
- marooning
- opting out
- playing truant
- pulling out
- quitting
- relinquishing
- renouncing
- resigning
- running out on
- sneaking off
- splitting
- stranding
- taking a hike
- taking off
- tergiversating
- throwing over
- vacating
- violating oath
- walking
- abandon
- abscond
- be done for
- be gone
- be lost
- be no more
- be swallowed up
- cease to exist
- clear
- come to naught
- decamp
- dematerialize
- depart
- die
- die out
- disperse
- dissipate
- dissolve
- drop out of sight
- ebb
- end
- end gradually
- escape
- evanesce
- evanish
- evaporate
- exit
- expire
- fade
- fade away
- flee
- fly
- go
- go south
- leave
- leave no trace
- melt
- melt away
- pass
- pass away
- perish
- recede
- retire
- retreat
- sink
- take flight
- vacate
- vamoose
- wane
- withdraw
- abscond
- avoid
- bail out
- bolt
- burst out
- circumvent
- cut and run
- cut loose
- decamp
- depart
- desert
- disappear
- dodge
- double
- duck
- duck out
- elope
- elude
- emerge
- evade
- flee
- fly
- fly the coop
- get away with
- get off
- go scot-free
- leave
- make getaway
- make off
- make oneself scarce
- pass
- play hooky
- run
- run away
- run off
- run out on
- shun
- skip
- slip
- slip away
- steal away
- take a powder
- take flight
- take on the lam
- vanish
- work out of
- wriggle out
- absconds
- avoids
- bails out
- bolts
- bursts out
- circumvents
- cuts and runs
- cuts loose
- decamps
- departs
- deserts
- disappears
- dodges
- doubles
- ducks
- ducks out
- elopes
- eludes
- emerges
- evades
- flees
- flies
- flies the coop
- gets away with
- gets off
- goes scot-free
- leaves
- makes getaway
- makes off
- makes oneself scarce
- passes
- plays hooky
- runs
- runs away
- runs off
- runs out on
- shuns
- skips
- slips
- slips away
- steals away
- takes a powder
- takes flight
- takes on the lam
- vanishes
- works out of
- wriggles out
- abscond
- avoid
- beat a hasty retreat
- blow
- bolt
- break
- cut and run
- cut out
- decamp
- depart
- desert
- elude
- evade
- fly
- fly the coop
- get
- get away
- get the hell out
- hotfoot
- jump
- leave
- make a getaway
- make off
- make one's escape
- make oneself scarce
- make quick exit
- make tracks
- retreat
- scamper
- scoot
- scram
- skedaddle
- skip
- split
- step on it
- step on the gas
- take a hike
- take flight
- take off
- vamoose
- vanish
- aviated
- barnstormed
- bent the throttle
- buzzed
- circled
- circumnavigated
- climbed
- controlled
- crossed
- darted
- dashed
- dived
- drifted
- flat-hated
- fleeted
- flitted
- floated
- fluttered
- glided
- hopped
- hovered
- hurried
- jet out
- jet over
- jetted
- maneuvered
- mounted
- operated
- piloted
- reached
- remained aloft
- rushed
- sailed
- scudded
- seagulled
- shot
- skimmed
- skirted
- sky out
- soared
- sped
- swooped
- took a hop
- took flight
- took off
- took wing
- traveled
- whisked
- whizzed
- whooshed
- wing in
- winged
- zipped
- zoomed
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