| Pronunciation: | | di'kamp
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| Matching Terms: | | decameron, decameter, decametre, decampment
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- [v] leave suddenly (very informal usage); "She persuaded him to decamp"; "skip town"
- [v] run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along
- [v] leave a camp; "The hikers decamped before dawn"
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| | Synonyms: | | abscond, absquatulate, bolt, break camp, go off, run off, skip, vamoose |
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| | See Also: | | depart, flee, fly, go away, go forth, leave, levant, quit, take flight, take leave |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \De*camp"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Decamped} (?; 215); p.
pr. & vb. n. {Decamping}.] [F. d['e]camper; pref. d['e]- (L.
dis) + camp camp. See {Camp}.]
1. To break up a camp; to move away from a camping ground,
usually by night or secretly. --Macaulay.
2. Hence, to depart suddenly; to run away; -- generally used
disparagingly.
The fathers were ordered to decamp, and the house
was once again converted into a tavern. --Goldsmith.
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| | Related Terms: | | abscond, absquatulate, avoid, beat a retreat, begone, bolt, break, break camp, clear out, cut and run, depart, desert, dog it, elope, elude, escape, evade, exit, flee, fly, fugitate, go, go AWOL, hightail, jump, jump bail, kite, lam, leave, levant, make off, powder, pull up stakes, quit, retire, run, run away, run away from, run away with, run for it, run off, scape, scram, show the heels, shun, skedaddle, skip, skip out, slip the cable, split, strike camp, take a powder, take flight, take French leave, take off, take to flight, take wing, turn tail, vamoose, withdraw |
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