scarper

scarper [ˈskɑːpə] Brit slang

vb (intr)

to depart in haste

a hasty departure

[probably an adaptation of Italian scappare to escape; perhaps influenced by folk etymology Scapa Flow Cockney rhyming slang for go]

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Verb

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

fly the coop, head for the hills, hightail it, lam, run away, scat, take to the woods, turn tail, run, bunk, break away, escape

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"

flee, take flight, fly - run away quickly; "He threw down his gun and fled"

skedaddle - run away, as if in a panic

scarper

verb (Brit. slang) run away, flee, disappear, go, depart, clear off (informal), beat it (slang), make off, abscond, decamp, take flight, hook it (slang), run for it, slope off, cut and run (informal), beat a hasty retreat, do a bunk (Brit. slang), scram (informal), take yourself off, skedaddle (informal), vamoose (slang, chiefly U.S.), make yourself scarce (informal), take to your heels I've never seen anyone scarper so fast.

Translations

scarper [ˈskɑːpəʳ] VI (Brit) → largarse

scarper [ˈskɑː^rpə^r] vi (British) → ficher le camp
scar tissue n → tissu m cicatriciel

scarper

vi (Brit inf) → abhauen (inf), → verduften (inf)

scarper [ˈskɑːpəʳ] vi (Brit) (fam) → darsela a gambe

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beat
break away
bunk
decamp
disappear
escape
flee
fly
fly the coop
go away
go forth
head for the hills
hightail it
lam
leave
light
run
run away
runner

The show's director, Stephen Duckham, said: "I still need a couple of comic actors to play Snatchet and Scarper and as the names indicate I am looking for a comedy duo, either male or female, with Snatchet being the more idiotic of the two.

Panto parts up for grabs by Coventry Evening Telegraph (England)

Needless to say Dev is humiliated and Tara scarpers.

What to WATCH by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)

But it would be lovely to go and applaud them at the end but instead we can't and have to scarper off up the tunnel and sit in the dressing room.

McCarthy: No more pitch invasions by Birmingham Mail (England)

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