DEPART, DEPARTED, DEPARTING, DEPARTURE – ADJECTIVES
– CASPER gone; departed …Bk2006 US sl.
– SHOT THROUGH LIKE A BONDI TRAM departed hastily …Bk1999 Aust. sl.
– WENT THROUGH LIKE A DOSE OF SALTS departed hastily …Bk1999 Aust. sl.
– WENT THROUGH WITHOUT THE WATER-BAG departed hastily …Bk1999 Aust. sl.
– AWAY-GOING departing, leaving, going away …1709
– DECEDENT departing, going away …1727 obs.
– OFF LIKE A LONG-DOG departing very swiftly …20C Eng. dial.
DEPART etc. – INTERJECTIONS & PHRASES
– SIDEWAYS! exclamation of departure; I’m off! goodbye! see you later! …1990s African-American sl.
– UNABLE TO SEE SOMEONE’S ARSE FOR DUST applied to a swift departure …L19 sl.
DEPART etc. – NOUNS
– ABSCESSION departure, removal; cessation of a pain, etc. …1599 obs. rare
– ABSCESSIONAL a permission or command to depart …1656 obs. rare
– ARTHUR DUFFY a hasty or unceremonious departure …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– AWAY-GOING departure …c1510 rare
– BEAT a hasty or unceremonious departure…Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– BUNK a hasty or unceremonious departure …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– BUST a hasty or unceremonious departure …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– CHARLIE PADDOCK a hasty or unceremonious departure …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– CREEP a furtive arrival or departure …1946 US sl.
– DECESSION departure, withdrawal; secession; deviation from a given standard; decrease, diminution …1606 rare
– DEPAHTER departure …1927 Amer. dial.
– DUST a hasty or unceremonious departure …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– DUTCH a hasty or unceremonious departure …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– FADE a disappearance, departure or escape …1942 Amer. sl.
– FADEAWAY a departure or escape …1900 Amer. sl.
– FADE-OUT a disappearance, departure, or escape …1918 Amer. sl.
– GIPSY’S LEAVE departure without warning and without settling one’s debts …20C sl.
– GUY a hasty or unceremonious departure …L19 sl.
– GYPSY’S LEAVE departure without warning and without settling one’s debts …20C sl.
– HIGH-TAIL a hasty or unceremonious departure…Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– JUMP a hasty or unceremonious departure…Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– LAM an act of running or flight, esp. a dash to escape from custody; escape; a hasty or unceremonious departure …1914 US sl.
– LIGHT-OUT n. a hasty or unceremonious departure …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– MIZZLE a hasty or unceremonious departure …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– MOOCH departure or expulsion …1894 Amer. sl.
– MOPE a hasty or unceremonious departure …1910s US prison sl.
– OFF-GOING departure; going away; removal …1727
– ONE-TWO a hasty departure; quick dispatch …1942 Amer. dial.
– POP-OFF a hasty or unceremonious departure …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– POWDER a hasty or unceremonious departure …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– QUIT a point of departure …1892 rare
– RUN-OUT a hasty or unceremonious departure …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– RUN-OUT POWDER a hasty or unceremonious departure …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– SCADDLE a hasty or unceremonious departure …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– SCHLEMOZZLE a hasty or unceremonious departure …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– SCOOT a hasty or unceremonious departure …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– SCRAM a hasty or unceremonious departure …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– SCRAMBLE a hasty or unceremonious departure …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– SCRAMBOLA a hasty or unceremonious departure …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– SCRAMSKEE a hasty or unceremonious departure …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– SCREW a hasty or unceremonious departure …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– SHEMOZZLE a hasty or unceremonious departure …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– SKIDADDLE a hasty or unceremonious departure …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– SKIP a hasty or unceremonious departure …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– SLOPE a hasty or unceremonious departure …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– WALKOUT an unceremonious departure; flight …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– WALKOUT POWDER an unceremonious departure; flight …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– WAYGANG departure, leave-taking, passing away …1736 Sc.
DEPART etc. – NOUNS, PERSON
– MIZZLER a fugitive; one who departs slyly …1834 Brit. sl.
– MOONLIGHTER a person who makes a hasty departure by night; someone who does a moonlight flit …1903
– MOONLIGHT WANDERER a person who performs a moonlight flit (the act of leaving one’s accommodation without paying the rent; the removal of household goods by night to avoid paying rent; a hurried departure or escape by night) …1823 rare
– MOON-SHOOTER a person who does a moonlight flit …1892 sl. rare
DEPART etc. – VERBS
– ABSQUAT to abscond, to depart …1868 Amer. sl.
– ABSQUATIATE to abscond, to depart …1839 Amer. sl.
– ABSQUATILATE to depart or abscond; to flee, to run away …1830 Amer. sl.
– ABSQUATTLE to abscond, to depart …1842 Amer. sl.
– ABSQUATULATE to leave, to depart, especially hastily, or furtively; to abscond …1830 Amer. dial.
– ABSQUATULIZE to abscond, to depart …1829 Amer. sl.
– ADIOS to make a hasty departure, disappear …1970 Amer. dial.
– AFARE to depart …a1000 obs.
– AMSCRAY to leave; to depart; to get out; to clear out …1934 Amer. sl.
– ARSE OFF to depart …19C sl.
– BAG ASS to depart in a hurry …M20 US sl.
– BAIL to leave, to depart, to go; to play truant; hence, to run out on, to renege on someone …1977 US sl.
– BALL to depart; to leave …Bk2006 US sl.
– BAMBOOZLE to make a hasty departure …1969 Amer. dial.
– BANG OUT to depart hurriedly, as in a temper …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– BE AWAY FOR SLATES to depart hastily, to be in a hurry …1958 Eng. dial. rare
– BE OFF WITH THE GUN to depart hurriedly …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– BEAT IT WHILE THE BEATING IS GOOD to depart hurriedly …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– BELEAVE to go away from a person or place; to depart from, to forsake, to quit, to abandon …c1205 obs.
– BLOUSE to depart hurriedly …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– BLOW THE JOINT to get out of a place, probably in a hurry …Bk2006 US criminals’ sl.
– BLOW THROUGH to leave; to depart without paying rent …Bk1999 Aust. sl.
– BOUNCE to leave, to depart …Bk2006 US sl.
– BREAK AND RUN to depart hurriedly …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– BREEZE to depart hurriedly …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– BUGGER OFF to go away, to depart …1922
– BUST AND RUN to depart hurriedly …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– BUST INTO A RUN to depart hurriedly …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– BUY A TRUNK to abscond or depart, esp. permanently; to leave the country …1934 Amer. Western usage
– BUZZ ALONG to depart …1914 Amer. sl.
– BUZZ OFF to go away; to leave; to depart …1914 sl.
– CARRY THE MAIL to depart hurriedly …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– CATERPILLAR to depart silently …1902 US sl.
– CHASE to run, hurry; to depart rapidly …1966 Amer. dial.
– CHOOF OFF to depart …Bk1999 Aust. sl.
– CLEAR OFF to depart …c1830
– CLEAR OUT to depart …c1830
– CLEAR OUT DOUBLE-QUICK to depart hurriedly …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– CUT to depart hurriedly …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– CUT ALONG to depart hurriedly …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– CUT AND RUN to depart hurriedly …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– CUT AWAY to depart hurriedly …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– CUT DIRT to depart hastily, to run away fast …1829 Amer. dial. arch.
– CUT IT to depart hurriedly …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– CUT LOOSE to depart hurriedly …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– CUT OFF to depart hurriedly …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– CUT ONE’S LUCKY to take one’s departure; to be off, to go …1844 sl.
– CUT ONE’S STICK to take one’s departure; to be off, to go …1825 sl.
– CUT OUT to depart hurriedly …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– DASH to depart in a hurry …1932 UK sl.
– DANGLE to travel or depart, esp. in a hurry …1927 US sl., esp. hobo usage
– DASH OFF to depart with a dash …L18 colloq.
– DASH OUT to depart with a dash …L18 colloq.
– DECEDE to depart; to give place, to yield …1655 obs.
– DEPARCH to depart …1891 Amer. dial.
– DIG to run fast, to run away, to dash away, to depart rapidly …1906 Amer. dial.
– DIG IN to depart hurriedly …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– DIG IT UP to run fast, to run away, to dash away, to depart rapidly …1965 Amer. dial.
– DIG OUT to run fast, to run away, to dash away, to depart rapidly …a1855 Amer. dial.
– DO A BUNK to make an escape; to depart hurriedly …c1870 sl.
– DO A DUST to depart hurriedly …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– DO A DUTCH to depart hurriedly …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– DO A FADE-OUT to disappear, to depart …1910s Amer. sl.
– DO A GUY to slip away …L19 sl.
– DO A NICKYWOOP to depart hastily …Bk1999 Aust. sl.
– DO A SCRAM to depart hurriedly …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– DO A SCRAMBOLA to depart hurriedly …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– DO A SCREW to depart hurriedly …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– DO A SKATE to depart quickly; to decamp …1988 NZ sl.
– DOG to depart hurriedly …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– DOG IT to depart hurriedly …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– DOT AND DASH to depart hurriedly …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– DUST to depart hurriedly …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– DUST OFF to depart hurriedly …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– DUST OUT to depart hurriedly …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– EASE ALONG to take one’s leave, to depart …1959 Amer. dial.
– EWSCRAY to depart hurriedly …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– FADE to depart; to disappear; to run away; to leave; to vanish …1848 sl.
– FADE AWAY to depart, esp. gradually; to run away; to leave; to vanish …1820 sl.
– FADE OUT to depart, esp. gradually; to run away; to leave …1820 Amer. sl.
– FAG to move quickly; to depart hurriedly …1920 Amer. sl.
– FAG ALONG to move quickly; to depart hurriedly …1942 Amer. dial.
– FALL OUT to depart …Bk2006 US sl.
– FAN ONE’S BUTT AWAY to depart hurriedly …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– FLING OUT to depart hurriedly, as in a temper …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– FLY THE COOP to run off, to leave or depart abruptly; to escape
– GANG to go, to move, to depart …c950 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
– GET GOING WHILE THE GOING IS GOOD to depart hurriedly …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– GET OFF THE DIME to leave, to depart …1942 Amer. sl.
– GET OFF THE NICKEL to leave, to depart …1942 Amer. sl.
– GET ON THE HEEL AND TOE to depart hurriedly …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– GET OUT WHILE THE GETTING IS GOOD to depart hurriedly …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– GET UP AND GET to depart hurriedly …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– GET UP AND QUILL to depart in haste; to move quickly …1869 Amer. dial.
– GIT UP AND GIT to depart hurriedly …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– GO ADIEU to go away, to depart finally …1513 obs.
– GO BEFORE ONE CAN SAY JACK ROBINSON to depart hurriedly …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– GO BEFORE ONE CAN SAY SCAT to depart hurriedly …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– GO OFF LIKE A BRIDE’S NIGHTIE to depart quickly; also, to start quickly and make good progress …1969 Aust. colloq.
– GO OFF LIKE A BUCKET OF PRAWNS to depart quickly …Bk1999 Aust. sl.
– GO OFF LIKE A ROBBER’S DOG to depart quickly …Bk1999 Aust. sl.
– GO ON THE DOUBLE to depart hurriedly …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– GO ON THE DOUBLE-QUICK to depart hurriedly …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– GO ON THE HEEL AND TOE to depart hurriedly …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– HAM IT to depart hurriedly …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– HARE OFF to depart hurriedly …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– HAT IT UP to leave, to depart …1971 Amer. dial.
– HAT UP to leave or depart, often hurriedly …1968 Amer. dial.
– HAUL ASS to leave, to depart, esp. hurriedly; to move fast, to travel rapidly …1954 Amer. dial.
– HAUL BOTTOM to leave, to depart, esp. hurriedly; to travel rapidly …1928 Amer. dial.
– HAUL BUGGY to leave, to depart, esp. hurriedly; to travel rapidly …1954 Amer. dial.
– HAUL ONE’S FREIGHT to leave, to depart, esp. hurriedly; to travel rapidly …1938 Amer. dial.
– HAUL OUT to leave, to depart …1866 Amer. dial.
– HAUL TAIL to leave, to depart, esp. hurriedly; to travel rapidly …1940 Amer. dial.
– HEEL to depart hurriedly …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– HEEL AND TOE to depart hurriedly …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– HEEL AND TOE IT to depart hurriedly …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– HEEL IT to depart hurriedly …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– HIGHBALL to depart hurriedly …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– HIGHBALL IT to depart hurriedly …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– HIGHBALL IT OUT to depart hurriedly …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– HIGH-TAIL to depart hurriedly …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– HIGH-TAIL IT to depart hurriedly; to move in a great hurry …Bk1942 Amer. colloq.
– HIGH-TAIL IT OUT to depart hurriedly …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– HIT IT UP to depart hurriedly …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– HIT THE FROG AND TOAD to depart, to hit the road …Bk1999 Aust. rhyming sl.
– HIT THE GRIT to depart, to set out …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
– HIT THE HIKES to depart, to set out …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
– HIT THE PIKE to take to the road; to start travelling; to set out; to depart …c1910 Can. sl.
– HIT THE TRAIL to depart, to set out …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
– HIT THE TURF to depart, to set out …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
– HOT-FOOT to depart hurriedly …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– HOT-FOOT IT to depart hurriedly …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– I-WITE to go away, to depart; to decease, to die …971 obs.
– JAUL; JAWL to stroll, to run, to depart; to look for some fun or entertainment …1940s S. Afr.
– JIB to depart, to be off …Bk1896 sl.
– JOL to stroll, to run, to depart; to look for some fun or entertainment …1940s S. Afr.
– LAM to abscond; to make an escape from; to flee; hence, to run; to depart hurriedly …1886 US sl., esp. criminals’ & police usage
– LAMB to depart hurriedly …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– LAMB IT to depart hurriedly …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– LAMB IT OUT to depart hurriedly …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– LAM IT OUT to depart hurriedly …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– LEAN FOR HOME to depart hurriedly …1833 Amer. dial.
– LEAVE CHEYENNE to depart hurriedly …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– LEAVE OFF to depart …1973 Amer. dial.
– LEAVE OUT to depart; to go; to leave …1917 Amer. dial.
– LEG IT to depart hurriedly …Amer. World War I sl.
– LEND to go, to depart …a1375 obs.
– LET AWAY to allow to go away; to permit to depart …a1100 obs.
– LIGHT A RAG to leave in a hurry; to depart hurriedly; to run fast …1903 Amer. dial.
– LIGHT A SHUCK to leave in a hurry; to depart hurriedly; to run fast …1905 Amer. dial.
– MAKE LIKE HORSE SHIT AND HIT THE DUSTY TRAIL to depart, to leave …1990 US sl.
– MAKE ONESELF SCARCE to depart, esp. suddenly …Bk1905 Amer. colloq.
– MAKE TRACKS to go, to run; to leave; to depart hurriedly …1833 sl.
– MALTER to depart quickly …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– MARBLE to depart quickly; to move off in a hurry …1847 Amer. dial.
– MARVEL to depart quickly; to move off in a hurry …1858 Amer. dial.
– MARVIL to depart quickly; to move off in a hurry …1867 Amer. dial.
– MIZZIL to depart in haste, to abscond, to run away …1867 Amer. dial.
– MIZZLE to depart in haste, to abscond, to run away, to escape …1845 Amer. dial.
– MOG to move on, to depart, to decamp; to go; to leave quickly or hastily; usually used with ‘off’ or ‘on’ …1764 Eng. dial.
– MOG ALONG to walk, to move, esp. slowly or aimlessly; to depart …1890 Amer. dial.
– MOJO to go, to depart …1994 Amer. sl.
– MOOCH to go, to amble, to depart, to clear out; also, to sneak …1851 Amer. sl.
– MOSEY to depart, to be off …Bk1905 Amer. dial.
– MOTIVATE to go, travel, or depart, esp. hurriedly …1966 Amer. sl.
– NICK OFF to leave; to depart; to go from one place to another …L19 sl., orig. Aust.
– NICK OUT to leave; to depart; to go from one place to another …L19 sl., orig. Aust.
– OBSQUATULATE to leave, to depart, especially hastily, or furtively; to abscond …1830 Amer. dial.
– PACK UP ONE’S AWLS AND BE GONE to depart for good …M17 colloq.
– PEEL IT to go or leave rapidly; to depart hurriedly; to run fast …1858 Amer. dial.
– POGANATE to depart hurriedly or quickly …1923 Amer. dial.
– POOTER to depart speedily …1907 Amer. dial.
– POP OFF to depart …19C sl.
– POP OUT to depart hurriedly …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– POWDER to depart hurriedly …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– PULL A FADE-OUT to disappear, to depart, to escape, to vanish …1910s Amer. sl.
– PULL ONE’S FREIGHT to depart quickly, to leave promptly …US sl.
– PULL OUT to leave, to depart …c1880 Amer. colloq.
– PULL UP STAKES to depart; to move house …1961 Aust. sl.
– PUT ON THE FAN to hurry, to move quickly; to depart hurriedly …1967 Amer. dial.
– QUAT to leave, to depart from; to forsake; to relinquish, to give up, to let go …1714 Sc.
– QUATE to leave, to depart from; to forsake; to relinquish, to give up, to let go …1714 Sc.
– RABBIT to depart hurriedly …1887 sl.
– RABBIT-FOOT to depart hurriedly …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– RABBIT-FOOT IT to depart hurriedly …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– RABBIT IT to depart hurriedly …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– RABBIT OFF to depart hurriedly …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– RACK OFF to run off; to move rapidly; to depart …1884 Amer. dial.
– RACK OUT to depart, to start out for …1903 Amer. dial.
– RAT OUT to withdraw or depart dishonourably …20C Amer. sl.
– RUB to depart hurriedly …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– SAIL AWAY to depart hurriedly …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– SCADDLE to depart hurriedly …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– SCALE to depart from a place; to go off, to retreat …1896 Sc.
– SCALE to run away; to depart hurriedly or furtively; to disappear of one’s own motion …20C sl.
– SCALE OFF to run away; to depart hurriedly or furtively; to disappear of one’s own motion; to leave surreptitiously or speedily …1910s Aust. & NZ sl.
– SCALLYHOOT to go or depart quickly; to gallivant …1869 Amer. dial.
– SCHALAHOOT to go or depart quickly; to gallivant …1862 Amer. dial.
– SCHLEMOZZLE to depart hurriedly …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– SCOOT to depart hurriedly …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– SCRAMBLE to depart hurriedly …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– SCREW to depart hurriedly …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– SCUTTER to depart hurriedly …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– SELL OUT to depart, to leave, usually hastily; to run away; to skedaddle; to run in fear …1934 Amer. dial.
– SHAKE THE DUST FROM ONE’S FEET to take one’s departure from an uncongenial place …1782
– SHAKE THE PEGS to depart hurriedly …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– SHELL OUT to run away precipitously, to leave or depart hastily …1909 Amer. dial.
– SHEMOZZLE to depart hurriedly …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– SHIN OUT to depart hurriedly …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– SHOOT to depart, to go away …1897 colloq.
– SHOOT IT to depart hurriedly …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– SHOOT THE CROW to steal away without paying one’s bill; to depart hurriedly, to abscond …1887 Sc. sl.
– SHOOT THROUGH to escape, to abscond; to depart, to leave …1947 Aust. & NZ sl.
– SHOVE OFF to leave, to depart …Bk1974 Amer. sl.
– SHOW A CLEAN PAIR OF HEELS to depart hurriedly …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– SHOW ONE’S HEELS to depart hurriedly …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– SHUCK OUT to depart, to leave in a hurry; to set out …1932 Amer. dial.
– SKAIL to depart from a place; to go off, to retreat …1896 Sc.
– SKALLYHOOT to go or depart quickly; to gallivant …1909 Amer. dial.
– SKEDADDLE to run away, to flee, to depart or leave hastily, to desert; to rush off …1861 sl., orig US Civil War
– SKELTER AWAY to depart hurriedly …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– SKELTER OFF to depart hurriedly …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– SKIDDOO to depart hastily …1905 Amer. sl.
– SKIDOO to depart hastily …1905 Amer. sl.
– SKIN to slip away, to depart …1876 Amer. sl.
– SKIN OUT to depart hastily …1876 US sl.
– SKIP to depart hurriedly …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– SKIP ALONG to depart hurriedly …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– SKIP OUT to depart hurriedly …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– SKIP UP to depart hurriedly …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– SKYHOOT to go fast or quickly; to depart hurriedly; to scoot; to skyrocket ..1900 Amer. dial.
– SLAM OUT to depart hurriedly, as in a temper …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– SLIDE to depart hurriedly …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– SLING ONE’S HOOK to depart; hence, to sign aboard ship …1873 sl., esp. nautical
– SLIP CABLE to run away; to depart …1805 US nautical sl.
– SLOPE to depart hurriedly …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– SLOPE ALONG to depart hurriedly …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– SLOPE OFF to depart, esp. surreptitiously or in embarrassment …1861 UK sl.
– SNAKE to depart, esp. unobtrusively; to sneak …1848 Amer. sl.
– SPLIT to leave, to depart …1950s sl.
– STEP to depart hurriedly …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– STEP IT to depart hurriedly …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– STEP OUT to depart hurriedly …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– STREAK IT to depart hurriedly …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– STREAK IT OUT to depart hurriedly …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– STUFF UP ONE’S ALL AND BE GONE to depart for good
– STUMP IT to depart hurriedly …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– SWEEP to depart hurriedly …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– TAIL OUT to run away, to depart hurriedly, to make one’s escape …L19 US sl.
– TAKE IT ON HIGH to depart hurriedly …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– TAKE IT ON THE HAMMER to depart hurriedly …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– TAKE IT ON THE HEEL AND TOE to depart hurriedly …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– TAKE IT ON THE LAM to run away; to flee, esp. from authorities; to escape; to depart hurriedly …1904 US sl., orig. criminals’ usage
– TAKE IT ON THE LOPE to depart hurriedly …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– TAKE IT ON THE SCRAM to depart hurriedly …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– TAKE OFF to depart or set out …colloq.
– TAKE ONE’S BAG OF BONES HOME to depart, to ‘get out’ …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– TAKE ONESELF OUT BIG AND PRONTO to depart hurriedly …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– TAKE OUT to go, to depart …1900 Eng. dial.
– TAKE TO HEELS to depart hurriedly …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– TAKE TO LEGS to depart hurriedly …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– TAKE WING to depart hurriedly …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– TANTIVY to depart hurriedly …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– TEAR-ASS OUT to depart hurriedly …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– TEAR OUT to depart hurriedly …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– TIP GRAND to depart hurriedly …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– TO-PART to depart …c1275 obs.
– TOTE to head out, to take off, to depart …1857 Amer. dial.
– TOTE ALONG to head out, to take off, to depart …1858 Amer. dial.
– TOTE AROUND to head out, to take off, to depart …1867 Amer. dial.
– TOTE OFF to head out, to take off, to depart …1858 Amer. dial.
– TOTE THE MAIL to depart hurriedly …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– TREK to move away, to depart …Bk1892 S. Afr. sl.
– TROG to walk; to depart; to drive with urgency …1995 UK sl.
– TURKEY OFF to depart …Bk1999 Aust. sl.
– TURN ON THE FAN to hurry, to move quickly; to depart hurriedly; to run away; to escape …1935 Amer. sl., esp. prison usage
– TURN ON THE STEAM to depart hurriedly …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– UP AN ALLEY to depart hurriedly …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– UP AN ALLEY AND OUT OF TOWN to depart hurriedly …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– UP AND DUST to depart hurriedly …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– VADE to go away, to depart …1569 obs. rare
– VAMOOSE THE RANCH to depart, to clear out, to make off; to go away, to leave …1847 Amer. sl.
– VAMOS to make a hasty departure, to run away hurriedly, to go away, to leave, to disappear …1834 Amer. sl.
– VAMOS THE RANCH to depart, to steal away from a place; to go away; to leave …1849 Amer. dial.
– WAG to go, to depart, to be off …1594 now colloq.
– WALK ONE’S CHALKS to go or move, esp. away, quickly; to depart quickly; to run away …1840 US sl.
– WRIGGLE OFF to depart; to leave …c1860 UK sl.
DEPENDABLE – adjectives
– ENDURABLE durable, long-lasting, dependable …1887 Eng. & Amer. dial.
– FAIR-WEATHERED dependable only in favourable circumstances …1755
– RIGHT AS A FIDDLE absolutely dependable …Bk1903 colloq.
– RIGHT AS A TRIVET absolutely dependable …1855 colloq.
– RIGHT AS ANYTHING absolutely dependable …Bk1903 colloq.
– RIGHT AS MY LEG absolutely dependable …Bk1903 colloq.
– RIGHT AS NINEPENCE absolutely dependable …Bk1903 colloq.
– RIGHT AS RAIN absolutely dependable …Bk1903 colloq.
– SICKER that may be depended on; in which one can put reliance, confidence, or trust; certain, sure …c1100 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
– SOLID trustworthy, dependable, exciting, outstanding …L19 orig. jazz usage
– SOUND ON THE GOOSE reliable; dependable …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
dependable – person
– ACE an estimable or solidly dependable person; a good-hearted person …1848 Amer. sl.
– BANKER a dependable person; one who can be relied on for something …1938
– THE GIRL NEXT DOOR a person perceived as familiar, approachable, and dependable, typically in the context of a romantic partnership; sometimes with the implication of a lack of originality, excitement, or glamour; a wholesome, virtuous, chaste, and unsophisticated person …1925
– NOB a completely reliable and dependable person …1989 Aust. sl.
– STEADY EDDIE a reliable, dependable, trustworthy person …2003 US sl.
– YACK; YAK a friend or pal, esp. one who can be depended upon or used …Bk1975 Amer. sl.
– YOCK a friend or pal, esp. one who can be depended upon or used …Bk1975 Amer. sl.
– YUCK; YUK a companion; a partner; a friend; a buddy; one who can be depended upon or used ….1934 sl.
DEPENDABLY – adverbs
– SOLID trustworthily, dependably, excitingly, outstandingly …L19 orig. African-American usage
DEPENDANT/DEPENDENT – adjectives
– BEHOLDING under obligation, obliged, indebted, beholden; later, dependent …1483 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– BUCKET-FED dependent; pampered …1947 Amer. dial.
– BUCKET-LED dependent; pampered …1927 Amer. dial.
– ON A STRING subject to the whim of another; in one’s power, dependant …colloq.
dependant/dependent – nouns
– THE MAN a person or group upon whom one is dependent, as the drug supplier for an addict
dependant/dependent – person
– ADJECTIVE a dependent person …1597 rare
– BEADSMAN a dependant …1819 Sc.
– BELONGER a person who is dependent on another; an adherent; a follower …1577 obs.
– CLINGING VINE a person who is excessively dependent on, or monopolizes the attention of, another …Bk1999
– HANG-BY a term of contempt for a dependant or hanger-on …1579 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– HANGER-ON a follower or dependant …1549
– HANG-ON a hanger-on, a mean dependant …1589 obs.
– HING-BY a hanger-on, a toady or sycophant; a parasite; a dependent or adherent; a flatterer …Bk1828 Eng. dial.
– HING-ON a dependent or adherent; a toady, a parasite, a hanger-on …Bk1828 Eng. dial. 250 EDD Wright 1902
– INTERLOPER a hanger-on; one who is dependent upon others …1690 sl.
– LED-CAPTAIN a hanger-on, a dependant, a parasite …1672
– ONHANGER a dependent, a hanger-on …1821 Sc.
– TAG-TAIL a person who attaches himself to another against the will of the latter; a dependent, sycophant, toady, hanger-on, parasite; one who always follows along; one who lags behind …1864
– TOAD-EATER a humble friend or dependant; a female companion or attendant; used contemptuously …1744 rare
– TOADY a servile parasite; a sycophant, an interested flatterer; also, a humble dependant …1826
– TO-FALL a dependant …1822 Sc.
dependant/dependent – verbs
– BE IN LEADING-STRINGS to be in a state of dependence or pupilage …1779
– EAT ONE’S TOADS to be a mean dependant, to toady …1788
– EAT SALT WITH A PERSON to enjoy his hospitality; also, to be dependent upon him …1539
DEPENDENCE – nouns
– BEHOLDINGNESS the condition of being beholden to anyone; obligation, indebtedness; later, dependence …1580 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– HANGING dependence …c1430 obs.
– PENENCE dependence; reliance …1899 Amer. dial.
– READSHIP; REDESHIP confidence, trust; dependence, trustworthiness, reliability …1829 Eng. dial.
dependence – verbs
– LEAD BY THE EARS to keep in abject dependence …1884
DEPEND ON/UPON – verbs
– LEAN ON to depend on …1920s sl.
– LEAN ON ONE’S OWN BREAKFAST to rely or depend on oneself …1942 Amer. dial.
– RIDE THE WATER WITH to trust, to depend upon …1822 Sc. & Eng. dial.
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