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skedaddle

[ ski-dad-l ]
/ skɪˈdæd l /
Informal.
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verb (used without object), ske·dad·dled, ske·dad·dling.
to run away hurriedly; flee.
noun
a hasty flight.
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Origin of skedaddle

1860–65, Americanism; compare dial. (Scots, N England) skedaddle to spill, scatter, skiddle to move away quickly

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British Dictionary definitions for skedaddle

skedaddle
/ (skɪˈdædəl) informal /

verb
(intr) to run off hastily
noun
a hasty retreat

Word Origin for skedaddle

C19: of unknown origin
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