Definition of skedaddle
skedaddled;
skedaddling
play
\ski-ˈdad-liŋ, -ˈda-dᵊl-iŋ\
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Examples of skedaddle in a Sentence
I've got to skedaddle or I'll be late.
we skedaddled as soon as we saw the snake entering our campsite
Recent Examples of skedaddle from the Web
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After the car rolled backwards into the street, the two guys inside the car skedaddled.
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His wife has skedaddled, but his nosy neighbor (the delightful Diana Bang) is eager to clean his house and enable his quest to track down the woman who was once almost his adoptive sister.
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Terry caught a screen-pass on the left side, broke a few tackles and skedaddled 58 yard toward glory.
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And then there was the laugh riot that ensued when running dog Mike Pence skedaddled out of an Indianapolis Colts game.
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In my gas station scenario, each leading man had to convince customers to skedaddle before the robbery went down.
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skedaddle Synonyms
Near Antonyms
beard, brave, confront, dare, defy, face;
abide, dwell, hang around, linger, remain, stay, stick around, tarry;
Related Words
abscond, clear out, decamp, elope, escape, get (away), get out, light out, make off, scat, scram, skip (out), skirr;
Phrases
beat a retreat, beat it, make tracks, turn tail;
SKEDADDLE Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of skedaddle for English Language Learners
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: to leave a place very quickly
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