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scarper::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | break away, bunk, escape, fly the coop, head for the hills, hightail it, lam, run, run away, scat, take to the woods, turn tail |
| Type of | go forth, go away, leave |
| Has types | flee, take flight, fly, skedaddle |
Examples of scarper
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Could it mean Bong and his team intend to scarper the day before things turn nasty?
From the thisismoney.co.uk
Simply, the threat to scarper offshore if too many displeasing measures are inflicted.
From the guardian.co.uk
As huge rain-drops begin to spatter the ground, people scarper for cover.
From the economist.com
I couldn't understand why it didn't scarper until I caught sight of the doe's rear end.
From the guardian.co.uk
His cynical crony Grimwig, who insists that all boys are bad, bets that he will scarper.
From the guardian.co.uk
And on that note I've got to scarper, so Nick Fletcher will take over.
From the guardian.co.uk
Is it safer to spike my dear's undergarmants with itching powder, tell the truth or scarper?
From the guardian.co.uk
Partners may sit tight for one bad year, but after another some will scarper with their clients.
From the economist.com
A golden opportunity to escape a gruesome end presents itself, and you scarper off to freedom.
From the thebeaveronline.co.uk
- Scat: flee; take to one's heels; cut and run; "If you see this man, run!"; "The burglars escaped before the police showed up"
- To run away; to flee; to escape
- (Scarpered) Ran off? Sounds like scampered, but that may be a coincidence.
- To run away or escape (verb). I saw this term used in Bill Bryson's In a Sunburned Country. The Australian Oxford says the term probably derived from the Italian "scappare," meaning escape.
- To leave in a hurry.
