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skedaddle

[ ski-dad-l ]

verb (used without object)

skedaddled, skedaddling.
  1. to run away hurriedly; flee.


noun

  1. a hasty flight.

skedaddle

/ ɪˈæə /

verb

  1. intr to run off hastily
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a hasty retreat
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of skedaddle1

1860–65, Americanism; compare dial. ( Scots, N England) skedaddle to spill, scatter, skiddle to move away quickly
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Word History and Origins

Origin of skedaddle1

C19: of unknown origin
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Henry, who has psychokinetic powers and an unpredictable temper, apparently blinded a neighbor kid in a fit of pique, forcing the Creels to skedaddle to Indiana.

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His boat skedaddled up to a rock, hit it catty-cornered, and spun, and Abel was suddenly in the water, without his boat, borne along like a limp rag.

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Shame on you for skedaddling anonymously and cowardly away.

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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.

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if instead of staying in the tomb, she skedaddled with a posy to the Renaissance club scene in Paris and found a new love?

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