skedaddle

bolt

Threaded rod for nuts

• scramDepart hastily, informally
• vamooseDepart hastily
• hightailDepart with urgency

scamper · scoot · decamp · abscond · take flight · beat a retreat · make tracks · leg it · clear out · run off

dash

Quick burst or pinch

• dartHandheld pointed projectile
• sprintBrief maximum-speed effort
• rushQuick sudden movement

hustle · scurry · scuttle · zip · zoom · speed · race · gallop · tear · barrel

beat it

Command to leave quickly

• get lostDismissive order to leave
• shooCommand to leave
• buzz offDismissive departure command

hit the road · make yourself scarce · get a move on · scat · off with you · away with you · be gone · run along · scoot · git

disperse

Cause to spread apart

• disbandFormally end a group
• spread outExtended over distance
• fan outSpread from center

break up · dissipate · separate · stampede · evacuate · clear out · empty out · thin out

• Old Westcowboy, cowboys, cowgirl, sheriff, sheriffs
• American slangbamboozle, bogus, bunkum, conniption, discombobulate
• departuresleave, depart, exit, leaving, go
• escapeescape, flee, run away, get away, flight
• Southern dialecty'all, fixin to, bless your heart, reckon, howdy
• Civil War SlangJohnny Reb, bluebelly, grayback, copperhead, butternut