skedaddle
verb (used without object)
to run away hurriedly; flee.
was skedaddling
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past progressiveof skedaddle.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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This was to leave the impression that the Frankfort operator was skedaddling, or that Morgan's men had destroyed the telegraph.
From History of Morgan's Cavalry by Basil Wilson Duke
