decamp
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de·camp
(dĭ-kămp′)intr.v. de·camped, de·camp·ing, de·camps
1. To depart secretly or suddenly.
2. To depart from a camp or camping ground.
[French décamper, from Old French descamper, to strike camp : des-, de- + camper, to camp (from camp, camp; see camp1).]
de·camp′ment n.
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decamp
(dɪˈkæmp)vb (intr)
1. to leave a camp; break camp
2. to depart secretly or suddenly; abscond
deˈcampment n
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de•camp
(dɪˈkæmp)v.i.
1. to pack up equipment and leave a camping ground.
2. to depart hastily and secretly.
de•camp′ment, n.
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decamp
Past participle: decamped
Gerund: decamping
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| Verb | 1. | decamp - leave a camp; "The hikers decamped before dawn" |
| 2. |  decamp - run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along; "The thief made off with our silver"; "the accountant absconded with the cash from the safe"levant - run off without paying a debt | |
| 3. |  decamp - leave suddenly; "She persuaded him to decamp"; "skip town" |
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decamp
verb
1. make off, fly, escape, desert, flee, bolt, run away, flit (informal), abscond, hook it (slang), sneak off, do a runner (slang), scarper (Brit. slang), steal away, do a bunk (Brit. slang), fly the coop (U.S. & Canad. informal), skedaddle (informal), hightail it (informal, chiefly U.S.), take a powder (U.S. & Canad. slang), take it on the lam (U.S. & Canad. slang) Bugsy decided to decamp to Hollywood from New York.
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decamp
verbTo break loose and leave suddenly, as from confinement or from a difficult or threatening situation:
Informal: skip (out).
Slang: lam.
Regional: absquatulate.
Idioms: blow the coop, cut and run, give someone the slip, make a getaway, take flight, take it on the lam.
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decamp
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(inf) → verschwinden, sich aus dem Staube machen (inf)
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