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    Scarp·er
    /ˈskärpər/

    verb

    • 1. run away: informal British "they left the stuff where it was and scarpered"
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  3. verb [ I ] UK slang us / ˈskɑːr.pɚ / uk / ˈskɑː.pə r/ Add to word list. to leave very quickly, often to avoid getting into trouble: The police are coming! We'd better scarper. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Running away and escaping. abscond from somewhere. abscond with someone/something. back away. back off. elopement. elude.

  4. Definition of scarper verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

  5. 6 days ago · verb. If someone scarpers, they leave a place quickly. [British, informal] Onlookers called 999 but the group had scarpered by the time cops arrived. [VERB] Synonyms: run away, flee, disappear, go More Synonyms of scarper. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers.

  6. Definitions of scarper. verb. flee; take to one's heels; cut and run. synonyms: break away, bunk, escape, fly the coop, head for the hills, hightail it, lam, run, run away, scat, take to the woods, turn tail. see more.

  7. verb (used without object) British. to flee or depart suddenly, especially without having paid one's bills. The media could not be loaded, either because the server or network failed or because the format is not supported.

  8. May 4, 2024 · scarper in American English. (ˈskɑːrpər) intransitive verb. Brit. to flee or depart suddenly, esp. without having paid one's bills. Most material © 2005, 1997, 1991 by Penguin Random House LLC. Modified entries © 2019 by Penguin Random House LLC and HarperCollins Publishers Ltd. Word origin.

  9. Definitions of 'scarper' British, Slang. to run away or depart; decamp. [...] More. Pronunciations of 'scarper' British English: skɑːʳpəʳ. More. Conjugations of 'scarper' present simple: I scarper, you scarper [...] past simple: I scarpered, you scarpered [...] past participle: scarpered. More. Synonyms of 'scarper'

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