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

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

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

Not that you can feel comfortable even turning down a meager offer to skedaddle.

From Washington Post • Dec. 18, 2015

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