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sich davonmachen — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • decamp verb To break camp and move on.
  • 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 break camp and move on.
  2. verb To disappear suddenly and secretly.
  3. verb To debark, to disembark.

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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