Local English word record

scarper

verb · 1 sense

flee; take to one's heels; cut and run

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Examples

  • If you see this man, run!
  • The burglars escaped before the police showed up

Word relationships

Synonyms

scat, run, turn tail, lam, run away, hightail it, bunk, head for the hills, take to the woods, escape, fly the coop, break away

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Princeton WordNet 3.0