scuttle

scuttle
I
v
1. hurry, scurry. See scurry(defs. 1, 2).
n
2. quick or running pace, run, dead run, gallop, full gallop.
3. dash, sprint, race, clip, career, speed, scud, swoop; burst, burst of speed, spurt; rush, plunge, headlong rush or plunge; scoot, scamper, scurry.
II
v
1. sink, swamp, send to the bottom, send to Davy Jones's locker.
2. abandon, ditch, forsake, desert, quit, leave, give up on; withdraw, back out, pull out, Inf. stand down.
3. wreck, ruin, destroy, scotch, Sl. dish; do for, undo, do in, Inf. fix, Sl. put the kibosh on.

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