decamp

decamp
v
1. flee, mosey, run off, make off, take off, make tracks, take flight; fly, bolt, run, show a clean or light pair of heels; escape, abscond, Jocular. absquatulate, take the money and run; take to one's heels, cut and run, Inf. hightail it, Inf. hotfoot it, Inf. skedaddle, Inf. scram, Sl. split, Sl. cut out, Sl. vamoose, Sl. light out.
2. skip, run out, Inf. go AWOL, desert; take French leave, Brit. Sl. do a moonlight flit; slip away, sneak off, steal away, slink away, Brit. Sl. mizzle.
3. depart, leave, go away, go off, be off, Inf. shove off, Inf. make oneself scarce, Brit. Sl. bugger off.
4. break camp, strike tents; march off or away, move off or on; vacate, evacuate.

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  • Decamp — De*camp , v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Decamped} (?; 215); p. pr. & vb. n. {Decamping}.] [F. d[ e]camper; pref. d[ e] (L. dis) + camp camp. See {Camp}.] 1. To break up a camp; to move away from a camping ground, usually by night or secretly. Macaulay.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • decamp — index abandon (physically leave), abduct, abscond, depart, disappear, escape, evacuate, flee, leave ( …   Law dictionary

  • Decamp — Désigne celui qui est originaire d un lieu dit (le) Camp (= le champ). Il est fréquent dans le Nord Pas de Calais et dans l Oise. Variantes : Decampe, Decamps …   Noms de famille

  • decamp — 1670s, from Fr. décamper (17c.), earlier descamper, from des (see DIS (Cf. dis )) + camper (see CAMP (Cf. camp) (1)). Non military use is from 1751. Related: Decamped; decamping …   Etymology dictionary

  • decamp — *escape, flee, fly, abscond Analogous words: depart, quit, leave, *go: elude, evade, *escape, shun, avoid …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • decamp — [v] depart suddenly beat it, bolt, break camp, clear out, depart, disappear, escape, evacuate, flee, head for the hills*, hightail*, hit the road*, make a break for it, make oneself scarce*, make tracks*, run away, scram, skedaddle*, slip away,… …   New thesaurus

  • decamp — ► VERB ▪ depart suddenly or secretly …   English terms dictionary

  • decamp — [dē kamp′, dikamp′] vi. [Fr décamper, to break camp: see DE & CAMP] 1. to break or leave camp 2. to go away suddenly and secretly; run away decampment n …   English World dictionary

  • DeCamp — Joseph Rodefer DeCamp Joseph Rodefer DeCamp (auch De Camp; * 5. November 1858 in Cincinnati; † 11. Februar 1923 in Boca Grande, Florida) war ein US amerikaner Maler des Tonalismus und Impressionismus. DeCamp studierte gemeinsam mit Frank Duveneck …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • decamp — [[t]dɪkæ̱mp[/t]] decamps, decamping, decamped VERB If you decamp, you go away from somewhere secretly or suddenly. Bugsy decided to decamp to Hollywood from New York …   English dictionary

  • decamp — UK [dɪˈkæmp] / US verb [intransitive] Word forms decamp : present tense I/you/we/they decamp he/she/it decamps present participle decamping past tense decamped past participle decamped 1) to leave a place in order to live or work somewhere else… …   English dictionary

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