vamoose
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Vamoose means to leave quickly, often to avoid trouble or detection: Let's vamoose before the cops show up.
The word has a slightly comic, old-fashioned flavor, evoking Westerns and cartoon escapes.
It comes from Spanish *vamos* (let's go).
Depart hastily, often fearfully
- scramDepart hastily, informally
- beat itCommand to leave quickly
- hit the roadBegin one's journey
- take offBegin flight, depart
buzz off · shove off · scoot · split · bail · duck out · make tracks · hightail
Flight from captivity
- fleeDepart swiftly from threat
- abscondFlee to avoid capture
- decampDepart abruptly, often secretly
- disappearPass from visibility
vanish · slip away · sneak off · evade · elude · exfiltrate · run off · getaway
skedaddle
Depart hastily, often fearfully
- scramDepart hastily, informally
- beat itCommand to leave quickly
- hit the roadBegin one's journey
take off · buzz off · shove off · scoot · split · bail · duck out · make tracks · hightail · bolt
escape
Flight from captivity
disappear · vanish · slip away · sneak off · evade · elude · exfiltrate · run off · getaway · bolt
rush
Quick sudden movement
sprint · impetuous · precipitate · breakneck
leave
Sanctioned time away
quit · desert · abandon · retreat · take leave · go away · set off · head out · move out · pull out
- Old Westcowboy, cowboys, cowgirl, sheriff, sheriffs
- Wild Westcowboy, howdy, sheriff, giddyup, lawmen
- American slangbamboozle, bogus, bunkum, conniption, discombobulate
- departuresleave, depart, exit, leaving, go
- escapeescape, flee, run away, get away, flight
- dismissalsgo away, get out, leave, scram, beat it
vamoosesettle
Reach final terms
settle down · settle in · put down roots · take up residence · nest