depart
verb
[ dɪˈpɑːt ]
• leave, especially in order to start a journey.
• "they departed for Germany"
Similar:
leave,
go,
go away,
go off,
take one's leave,
take oneself off,
withdraw,
absent oneself,
say one's goodbyes,
quit,
make an exit,
exit,
break camp,
decamp,
retreat,
beat a retreat,
retire,
make off,
clear out,
make oneself scarce,
run off,
run away,
flee,
fly,
bolt,
set off,
set out,
start out,
get going,
get under way,
be on one's way,
make tracks,
up sticks,
pack one's bags,
shove off,
push off,
clear off,
take off,
skedaddle,
scram,
split,
scoot,
flit,
sling one's hook,
vamoose,
hightail it,
cut out,
repair,
remove,
betake oneself,
abstract oneself,
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French departir, based on Latin dispertire ‘to divide’. The original sense was ‘separate’, also ‘take leave of each other’, hence ‘go away’.
