vamose
Americanverb (used with or without object)
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You must vamose the ranch afore they lay hold of you and have you up before the alcalde.
From The Heritage of Dedlow Marsh and Other Tales by Harte, Bret
One afternoon I ordered Atasca to vamose, and got up and dressed carefully.
From Options by Henry, O.
"Why, you see, Miss Darrell, the fact was, I was what you call expelled,—which being translated from the original Greek into plain slang, the chosen language of young America,—means I was politely requested to vamose."
From The Actress' Daughter A Novel by Fleming, May Agnes
I mout as wal vamose, 's long as I've hove in my rations.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 85, November, 1864 by Various
The boys weren't over-keen about staying with the herd and they can vamose.
From Rimrock Trail by Dunn, J. Allan, (Joseph Allan)
Next morning, bag and baggage, the Triangles vamosed.
From The Humors of Falconbridge A Collection of Humorous and Every Day Scenes by Falconbridge
Long before we got back to the horses, Shipley had "vamosed" into the mountain, carrying his light luggage with him; only some blank, envelopes were lying about, evidently dropped in the hurry of removal.
From Border and Bastille by Lawrence, George A. (George Alfred)
Well, they’re gone, by thunder! every mother’s son of them clean vamosed from the place, and not a grease-spot left of them.
From The War Trail The Hunt of the Wild Horse by Reid, Mayne
"If the Apaches have vamosed, Coronado might join us," suggested Thurstane.
From Overland by De Forest, J. W. (John William)
Nell's a brave girl an' stands a pat hand when the rest of us vamosed that time.
From Wolfville Nights by Lewis, Alfred Henry
So I makes a spring in after him in no time, caught him by the hair of his head, just as he was vamosing, and swam ashore with him.
From Nature and Human Nature by Haliburton, Thomas Chandler
Things do not please me here just now and I am going to settel it by vamosing.
From The Virginian, a Horseman of the Plains by Wister, Owen
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