ficher le camp — meaning in English

English meaning

• scram verb To leave quickly, especially as a command telling someone to go away.
• walk verb To move on foot at a normal pace, always keeping at least one foot on the ground.

Senses

ficher le camp is used for these senses in English:

• beat it (idiomatic, chiefly, as imperative, pejorative, colloquial, dismissal) To leave; to go away.
• scram (intransitive, originally, US, often, imperative) To leave in a hurry; to go away. [from early 20th c.]
• walk (intransitive, colloquial, legal) To "walk free", i.e. to win, or avoid, a criminal court case, particularly when actually guilty.

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.

walk — full definition

1. verb To move on foot at a normal pace, always keeping at least one foot on the ground.
2. verb In baseball, to allow (or be allowed) to reach first base after four balls.
3. verb To resign or leave a job or situation abruptly.
4. noun A trip made on foot, or a path for walking.
5. noun Something very easy to accomplish.

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