déguerpir — meaning in English

English meaning

• scram verb To leave quickly, especially as a command telling someone to go away.
• skedaddle verb To leave somewhere quickly, especially to avoid trouble.

Senses

déguerpir is used for these senses in English:

• bail out (intransitive, idiomatic, slang) To leave (or not attend at all) a place or a situation, especially quickly or when the situation has become undesirable; to abandon (something).
• bugger off (intransitive, idiomatic, vulgar) To leave, go away, disappear.
• scram (intransitive, originally, US, often, imperative) To leave in a hurry; to go away. [from early 20th c.]
• skedaddle (informal, intransitive, US) To move or run away quickly.

scram — full definition

1. verb To leave quickly, especially as a command telling someone to go away.
2. verb To shut down a nuclear reactor rapidly, usually as an emergency safety measure.

skedaddle — full definition

1. verb To leave somewhere quickly, especially to avoid trouble.
2. noun A hasty retreat or dash away from something.

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