decamp
verb /dɪˈkæmp/
/dɪˈkæmp/
[intransitive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they decamp | /dɪˈkæmp/ /dɪˈkæmp/ |
| he / she / it decamps | /dɪˈkæmps/ /dɪˈkæmps/ |
| past simple decamped | /dɪˈkæmpt/ /dɪˈkæmpt/ |
| past participle decamped | /dɪˈkæmpt/ /dɪˈkæmpt/ |
| -ing form decamping | /dɪˈkæmpɪŋ/ /dɪˈkæmpɪŋ/ |
- decamp (from…) (to…) to leave a place suddenly, often secretly
- He sold their furniture and decamped with the money.
- The firm's production unit has decamped to California.
- The first person to take up the job decamped after a few days.
Word Originlate 17th cent.: from French décamper, from dé- (expressing removal) + camp ‘camp’.