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
In such a situation, taking all this in, a sane character would run, flee, skedaddle, vamoose, make tracks and call in the cops, or maybe an airstrike.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 28, 2021
Friends skedaddle because they're afraid to confront Alice's predicament.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2016
We were always doing the skedaddle, usually in the middle of the night.
From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls
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