sich davonmachen — meaning in English

English meaning

• decamp verb To pack up a camp and leave.
• scram verb To leave quickly, especially as a command telling someone to go away.
• skip verb To move along lightly with a hop in each step.

Senses

sich davonmachen is used for these senses in English:

• decamp (intransitive) To disappear suddenly and secretly.
• make off (intransitive) To exit or depart; to run away.
• scram (intransitive, originally, US, often, imperative) To leave in a hurry; to go away. [from early 20th c.]
• skip (transitive, informal) To leave, especially in a sudden and covert manner.
• take to one's heels (idiomatic) To leave, especially to flee or run away.

decamp — full definition

1. verb To pack up a camp and leave.
2. verb To leave quickly and without telling anyone.
3. verb To get off a ship or other vehicle.

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.

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