DECAMP
PHRASES
1830 — OFF LIKE BOB’S HORSE, WITH NOBODY TO PAY THE RECKONING to decamp with all the money, furniture and personal effects → nautical sl.
VERBS
..17C — LAY ONE’S LEGS ON ONE’S NECK to run away; to decamp → Brit. colloq.
..17C — LAY ONE’S LEGS TO GROUND to run away; to decamp → Brit. colloq.
1604 — STREAK to decamp swiftly; to go with a rush; to leave in a great hurry; to move very rapidly → sl.
1764 — MOG to move on, to depart, to decamp; to go; to leave quickly or hastily; usually used with ‘off’ or ‘on’ → Eng. dial.
1833 — ABSCHIZE • ABSKIZE to decamp → sl.
1833 — ABSQUATULATE • ABSQUOTILATE to decamp, to skedaddle → sl.
1842 — AMPUTATE to clear out, to abscond; to decamp; to take flight → Amer. sl.
.M19 — HOP THE CHARLEY to decamp → rhyming sl. (Charley Wag)
.M19 — SPEEL to run away; to decamp → sl.
1882 — SCAMP to run off, to decamp → Sc.
1885 — NIT to escape, to decamp, to hurry away → Sc. & Aust. sl.
1890 — AMPUTATE ONE’S MAHOGANY to decamp → UK sl.
1897 — DO A GUY to run away from; to decamp → sl.
1904 — GO LIKE A STREAK to decamp swiftly, to go with a rush → sl. (Bk.)
1904 — MAKE STREAKS to decamp swiftly, to go with a rush → sl. (Bk.)
1904 — STREAK OFF LIKE GREASED LIGHTNING to decamp swiftly, to go with a rush → sl. (Bk.)
1988 — DO A SKATE to depart quickly; to decamp → NZ sl.
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