vamoose
verb (used without object)
to leave hurriedly or quickly; decamp.
vamoosed
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past participleof vamoose.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof vamoose.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
vamooseverb (used without object)to leave hurriedly or quickly; decamp.
Example Sentences
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When the birds vamoosed from East Sand Island, the population on the bridge ballooned from 333 breeding pairs in 2014 to a peak of more than 5,000 pairs in 2020.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 21, 2024
He and others have confessed to surprise that the Afghan president turned tail and vamoosed.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 24, 2021
“I got to get out of here!” she yelled as she vamoosed.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 8, 2015
However, they were in an empty facility, at a time when breakfast service was over, the homeless clients vamoosed, the place already scrubbed by volunteers.
From Salon ● Oct. 16, 2012
She’d vamoosed into the tall grass, and off she was headed for the jungle, where it was plain to see he’d never find her.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
