| 单词 | skedaddle |
| 释义 | skedaddle (once / 31186 pages) vn When you skedaddle, you leave very suddenly. A kid who breaks a window with her baseball might decide to skedaddle before her neighbor comes home from work. You might decide to skedaddle from your aunt's party before she starts showing the slides from her vacation ten years ago, or skedaddle from the town swimming pool when it starts to rain. In either case, you're getting out of there, and fast. Skedaddle is American Civil War military slang, dating from about 1861 — experts aren't sure what its roots are. WORD FAMILYskedaddle: skedaddled, skedaddles, skedaddling USAGE EXAMPLESHorrified by the idea that women should concern themselves with such base matters, the hapless agony uncle skedaddled. The Guardian(Dec 30, 2016) "He lied to you, he lied to Matt Lauer, he lied to his mom. He left his teammates hanging while he skedaddled." Los Angeles Times(Oct 07, 2016) “He lied to you. He lied to Matt Lauer. He lied to his mom. He left his teammates hanging while he skedaddled.” New York Times(Aug 20, 2016) 1v run away, as if in a panic Hyper 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 2n a hasty flight Hyper escape, flight the act of escaping physically |
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