decamp (dɪˈkæmp
)
Definitions
verb (intr)
- to leave a camp; break camp
- to depart secretly or suddenly; abscond
Alternative Forms
deˈcampment nounSynonyms
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make off,
fly,
escape,
desert,
flee,
bolt,
run away,
flit,
abscond,
hook it,
sneak off
do a runner,
scarper,
steal away,
do a bunk
fly the coop,
skedaddle,
hightail it
take a powder,
take it on the lam
do a Skase,
Usage examples
Their ocean-battered yacht rode at anchor and one day, on the merest whim, they would decamp and sail away.
, Rushing to Paradise (1994)com/ artists/ 200856. htm">The Cooper Temple Clause plan to decamp to the US to mix the album.
NME (New Musical Express) (2003)There are fewer reasons to decamp to Toronto than there used to be.
Globe and Mail (2003)And now they are bidding to decamp to a new base just off the M1 motorway, between the commuter towns of Swords and Donabate.
Sun, News of the World (2004)Bothwell and Mary decided to decamp to the more easily defensible Borthwick Castle on the edge of the borders, Bothwell's home ground.
, ELIZABETH AND MARY: Cousins, Rivals, Queens (2003)