decamp (redirected from decamps)

de·camp  (d-kmp)

intr.v. de·camped, de·camp·ing, de·camps

1. To depart secretly or suddenly.

2. To depart from a camp or camping ground.

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[French décamper, from Old French descamper, to strike camp : des-, de- + camper, to camp (from camp, camp; see camp¹).]

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de·campment n.

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decamp [dɪˈkæmp]

vb (intr)

1. to leave a camp; break camp

2. to depart secretly or suddenly; abscond

decampment  n

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	decamp - leave a camp; "The hikers decamped before dawn" break camp take leave, quit, depart - go away or leave
	2.	decamp - 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" abscond, absquatulate, go off, make off, run off, bolt levant - run off without paying a debt flee, take flight, fly - run away quickly; "He threw down his gun and fled"
	3.	decamp - leave suddenly; "She persuaded him to decamp"; "skip town" vamoose, skip go forth, leave, go away - go away from a place; "At what time does your train leave?"; "She didn't leave until midnight"; "The ship leaves at midnight"

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decamp

verb

make off, fly, escape, desert, flee, bolt, run away, flit (informal), abscond, hook it (slang), sneak off, do a runner (slang), scarper (Brit. slang), steal away, do a bunk (Brit. slang), fly the coop (U.S. & Canad. informal), skedaddle (informal), hightail it (informal, chiefly U.S.), take a powder (U.S. & Canad. slang), take it on the lam (U.S. & Canad. slang) Bugsy decided to decamp to Hollywood from New York.

Translations

decamp [dɪˈkæmp] VI

1. (Mil) → levantar el campamento

2. (= make off) → escaparse; (= move) → irse (to a)

decamp [dɪˈkæmp] vi (= leave) → décamper, filer
to decamp to → filer à

decamp

vi

(Mil) → das Lager abbrechen

(inf) → verschwinden, sich aus dem Staube machen (inf)

decamp [dɪˈkæmp] vi → filarsela

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decamp [dɪˈkæmp] vi → filarsela