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

There’s no reason pickleballers couldn’t play at the park when children are in school and then skedaddle in the afternoon, she said.

From Washington Post • Dec. 22, 2022

“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

He told the cars to skedaddle, which they were already going to do because their protest was about to start.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 26, 2020

I leave five dollars in the jar for a bucket of bait and try to skedaddle before anybody thinks to ask what I’m up to.

From "The Young Man and the Sea" by Rodman Philbrick