skedaddle
verb (used without object)
to run away hurriedly; flee.
skedaddling
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present participleof skedaddle.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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Shame on you for skedaddling anonymously and cowardly away.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 3, 2023
The team stunk, top to bottom and James had to escape the torment, skedaddling to Miami.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 12, 2018
I could see other critics, either through ignorance, deviousness or entitlement, cruising right around the line that everyone was supposed to stand in and skedaddling up the escalator to the theater.
From Salon ● Dec. 16, 2015
Ever since he began considering a run late last year, Bush had mostly dealt with questions about his brother by nervously tugging his collar and skedaddling.
From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2015
I've upset the boy's cage of white mice and they're skedaddling about my legs.
From The Deliverance; a romance of the Virginia tobacco fields by Ellen Anderson Gholson Glasgow
