scarper :: Lexipedia - Where words have meaning

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Verbs (6)

lam, run, bunk, break away, run away, turn tail

v. flee; take to one's heels; cut and run; "If you see this man, run!"; "The burglars escaped before the police showed up"

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Fuzzynyms (23)

bolt, go off, run off, decamp, abscond, absquatulate

v. run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along; "The thief made off with our silver"; "the accountant absconded with the cash from the safe"

shoot, dash, scud, dart, flash, scoot

v. run or move very quickly or hastily; "She dashed into the yard"

board, room

v. live and take one's meals at or in; "she rooms in an old boarding house"

bunk

v. provide with a bunk; "We bunked the children upstairs"

keep, hold on to

v. retain possession of; "Can I keep my old stuffed animals?"; "She kept her maiden name after she married"

keep, look after, have charge of

v. look after; be the keeper of; have charge of; "He keeps the shop when I am gone"

keep, sustain, maintain

v. supply with necessities and support; "She alone sustained her family"; "The money will sustain our good cause"; "There's little to earn and many to keep"

Synonyms (2)

run, move by running

v. move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time; "Don't run--you'll be out of breath"; "The children ran to the store"

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scarper

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