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单词 scarpers
释义

scarper

verb

scar·​per ˈskär-pər How to pronounce scarper (audio)
scarpered; scarpering; scarpers

intransitive verb

British
: flee, run away
broadly : leave, depart

Synonyms

  • bail
  • bail out
  • begone
  • book [slang]
  • bug off
  • bug out
  • bugger off [British slang]
  • buzz (off)
  • clear off [chiefly British]
  • clear out
  • cut out
  • depart
  • dig out
  • exit
  • get
  • get off
  • go
  • go off
  • move
  • pack (up or off)
  • part
  • peel off
  • pike (out or off)
  • pull out
  • push off
  • push on
  • quit
  • run along
  • sally (forth)
  • shove (off)
  • step (along)
  • take off
  • vamoose
  • walk out
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Example Sentences

I went looking for Sally at the pub, but she'd scarpered.
Recent Examples on the Web Idrissa Gueye has scarpered, but that void was instantly filled by Mainz midfielder Jean-Philippe Gbamin - while Moise Kean, goodness knows how, has signed from Juventus to sharpen things up front. SI.com, 5 Aug. 2019 Ms Collett compares it to the muggy period before a thunderstorm, when the squirrels have scarpered and the air is pregnant with foreboding of trouble ahead. The Economist, 21 June 2018

Word History

Etymology

probably ultimately from Italian scappare, from Vulgar Latin *excappare — more at escape

First Known Use

circa 1846, in the meaning defined above

scarpers

verb

present tense third-person singular of scarper, British
as in departs
to leave a place often for another I went looking for Sally at the pub, but she'd scarpered

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • departs
  • exits
  • moves
  • gets
  • flees
  • goes
  • escapes
  • evacuates
  • bails
  • quits
  • starts
  • flies
  • bugs off
  • bugs out
  • parts
  • buggers off
  • withdraws
  • retires
  • gets off
  • takes off
  • vamooses
  • clears off
  • peels off
  • absconds
  • cuts out
  • beats it
  • runs along
  • retreats
  • goes off
  • bails out
  • pushes off
  • skips
  • takes a powder
  • clears out
  • emigrates
  • pulls out
  • walks out
  • packs (up or off)
  • books
  • decamps
  • pushes on
  • pikes (out or off)
  • digs out
  • abandons
  • sallies (forth)
  • steps (along)
  • takes a hike
  • buzzes (off)
  • scrams
  • shoves (off)
  • takes a walk
  • pulls up stakes
  • pulls stakes
  • removes
  • vacates
  • hits the road
  • forsakes
  • strikes out
  • scats
  • sets out
  • deserts
  • lights out
  • runs away
  • gets out
  • mizzles
  • steps out
  • adjourns
  • goes out

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • comes
  • arrives
  • remains
  • stays
  • settles
  • dwells
  • closes
  • turns up
  • approaches
  • abides
  • nears
  • lands
  • reaches
  • lodges
  • tarries
  • hits
  • shows up
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