intransitive verb
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Synonyms
bail, bail out, begone, book [slang], bug off, bug out, bugger off [British slang], buzz (off), clear off [chiefly British], clear out, cut out, depart, dig out, exit, get, get off, go, go off, move, pack (up or off), part, peel off, pike (out or off), pull out, push off, push on, quit, run along, sally (forth), shove (off), step (along), take off, vamoose, walk out
Antonyms
arrive, come, show up, turn up
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circa 1846, in the meaning defined above
probably ultimately from Italian scappare, from Vulgar Latin *excappare — more at escape
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