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SKEDADDLE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A hasty flight

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("skedaddle" is a kind of...):

escape; flight (the act of escaping physically)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Run away, as if in a panic

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "skedaddle" is one way to...):

break away; bunk; escape; fly the coop; head for the hills; hightail it; lam; run; run away; scarper; scat; take to the woods; turn tail (flee; take to one's heels; cut and run)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

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