scram
Example Sentences
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If a cop tells you to scram, “You can say, ‘It is my understanding I have every right to record this.
From Seattle Times • May 21, 2021
If an officer tells you to scram, “you can say, ‘It is my understanding I have every right to record this.
From Washington Post • Apr. 22, 2021
Ferraro walked the same tightrope that tripped up Hillary Clinton when she wondered if she should wheel around in that debate and tell the creeping Donald Trump to scram.
From New York Times • Aug. 8, 2020
Any thoughts on getting them to scram and protecting myself now and at future jobs down the line?
From Slate • Jun. 2, 2020
She seems to welcome my presence because she lets me stay there instead of telling me to scram, like in the old days.
From "Before We Were Free" by Julia Alvarez
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
