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Examples of decamp in a Sentence
She took the papers and decamped.
He decamped to Europe soon after news of the scandal broke.
Recent Examples of decamp from the Web
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Both plays begin with a semblance of order and reason, before decamping to an alternative venue where all bets are off and chaos rules.
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Nearly 40 years after decamping to Los Angeles, where various snooty law firms spurned him, the scent of Eau de Canarsie still clings to Singer.
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Trump recently began decamping to that property some weekends.
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The former leader of Hamas, Khaled Meshaal, was forced to leave his longtime base in Damascus, decamping for Doha, where the group received an enthusiastic welcome.
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By the 1920s, this was a neighborhood of churches, some new, and others decamped from their original and fiscally more-valuable pioneer locations, in what became the central business district.
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Art Center decamped to Hancock Park and then Pasadena.
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But because of renovations to Tiger Stadium, the festival has decamped to the Superdome in 2017, in hopes that country fans will follow.
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Adding to the tension, a veteran teacher in the school district said many of its high-performing students and involved parents have decamped for the charter.
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Origin and Etymology of decamp
French décamper, from Middle French descamper, from des- de- + camper to camp
DECAMP Defined for English Language Learners
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playDefinition of decamp for English Language Learners
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: to leave a place suddenly and secretly
DECAMP Defined for Kids
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decamped
;decamping
1 : to pack up gear and leave a camp
2 : to go away suddenly As soon as school was out, we decamped to the beach.
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