scarper
verb
[ ˈskɑːpə ]
• run away.
• "they left the stuff where it was and scarpered"
Similar:
run away,
flee,
run off,
make a run for it,
run for it,
take flight,
make off,
take off,
take to one's heels,
make a break for it,
bolt,
beat a (hasty) retreat,
make a quick exit,
make one's getaway,
escape,
head for the hills,
beat it,
clear off,
clear out,
vamoose,
skedaddle,
split,
cut and run,
show a clean pair of heels,
turn tail,
scram,
hook it,
fly the coop,
skip off,
do a fade,
do a bunk,
do a runner,
leg it,
light out,
bug out,
cut out,
peel out,
take a powder,
skiddoo,
go through,
shoot through,
fly,
levant,
Origin:
mid 19th century: probably from Italian scappare ‘to escape’, influenced by rhyming slang Scapa Flow ‘go’.
