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scarper
verb
British, informal
they left the stuff where it was and scarpered:
run away, flee, run off, make a run for it, run for it, take flight, make off, take off, take to one's heels, make a break for it, bolt, beat a (hasty) retreat, make a quick exit, make one's getaway, escape, head for the hills;
informal beat it, clear off, clear out, vamoose, skedaddle, split, cut and run, show a clean pair of heels, turn tail, scram, hook it, fly the coop, skip off, do a fade;
British, informal do a bunk, do a runner, leg it;
North American, informal light out, bug out, cut out, peel out, take a powder, skiddoo;
Australian, informal go through, shoot through;
archaic fly, levant.
antonyms stay.
scarper Oxford Dictionary of English