vamose
Americanverb (used with or without object)
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And if we warn off the passengers from going this trip, and let the stage go up empty, Bob would suspect something and vamose.
From The Argonauts of North Liberty by Harte, Bret
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
Crocodiles can cry when they are hungry, but when they do it's time to vamose the poke-loken,1 that's a fact.
From Nature and Human Nature by Haliburton, Thomas Chandler
"Then why don't you quit shooting and vamose?"
From Ted Strong in Montana With Lariat and Spur by Taylor, Edward C.
Jack Gurney, you'd best vamose this ranch to-night.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 68, June, 1863 by Various
But when he seen ’em comin’, he swore in a deputy–quick–and vamosed.
From Alec Lloyd, Cowpuncher by Gates, Eleanor
The lady-like guest soon vamosed to England, where he became the lawful spouse of the Hon. Mr. C——, the brother to Lord F——d.
From Picturesque Quebec : a sequel to Quebec past and present by Le Moine, J. M. (James MacPherson), Sir
At the first mention of cholera, the fifteen years' man vamosed, retreating across the road, and seating himself on the fence under the shadow of the locust trees.
From 'Lena Rivers by Holmes, Mary Jane
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
The boy took on wuss an' wuss, an' now he's vamosed.
From Romance of California Life by Habberton, John
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
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
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