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namous

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Verb — (informal) To go away quickly; to escape.

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Recorded in the UK in the 19th century. It probably comes from Spanish vamos ("we go") or vámonos ("let's go"), possibly influenced by German nehmen ("to take"). It is a cognate of English vamoose, and possibly backslang from summon.

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