scarpering

verb

present participle of scarper, British
as in exiting
to leave a place often for another I went looking for Sally at the pub, but she'd scarpered

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for scarpering
  1. exiting
  2. departing
  3. moving
  4. getting
  5. going
  6. fleeing
  7. escaping
  8. evacuating
Verb
  • Schepman said that though officers had tried to turn and stop the car earlier in the pursuit, the crash occurred because the suspect lost control after exiting I-25.
    — Seth Klamann, Denver Post, 31 July 2026
  • Garth, Spelling, Green and Ian Ziering are the only 90210 stars who appeared on every season of the series, with Jason Priestley returning as a guest star in season 10 after exiting in season nine.
    — Hilary Lewis, HollywoodReporter, 31 July 2026
Definition of exiting
Verb
  • Flights over the Nazca Lines departing from the nearby Maria Reiche Airport had been suspended on Friday due to winds exceeding 25 mph, which kicked up dust ⁠and ​reduced visibility.
    — Joe Kottke, NBC news, 2 Aug. 2026
  • Miles & More members can also earn up to 25% cashback on intercontinental award travel bookings departing from the US, or up to 15% cashback on general intercontinental itineraries.
    — Jamie Spain, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 July 2026
Definition of departing
Verb
  • That includes the recent NXT call-up of Ricky Saints as well as Raw stars Finn Balor and Gunther moving over to Friday nights.
    — Blake Oestriecher, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026
  • The Fairview Fire was estimated at about 979 acres and remains a fast-moving threat, according to firefighters.
    — Martin Goillandeau, CNN Money, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of moving
Verb
  • The Los Angeles Dodgers have acquired the biggest prize on the trade deadline market, getting two-time reigning AL Cy Young Award winner Tarik Skubal from the Detroit Tigers on Saturday night.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 2 Aug. 2026
  • That being said, SPORT explains that Real Madrid are optimistic about getting a deal over the line after agreeing personal terms with the player.
    — Tom Sanderson, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of getting
Verb
  • For one thing, going from lush period imagination to realist contemporary drama was a big leap by design.
    — David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Crimes against society, including prostitution, drug and weapons offenses, decreased slightly, going from 278 incidents last year to 227 incidents so far this year.
    — Carolyn Stein, Chicago Tribune, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of going
Verb
  • Drones struck the nearby town of Al-Burj Al-Shamali, which was subsequently hit by a strike from a fighter jet, NNA said on Thursday, adding that people were seen fleeing toward Tyre.
    — Todd Symons, CNN Money, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Then, one of the men can be seen pulling out a gun, shooting at the influencer and immediately fleeing the scene.
    — Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of fleeing
Verb
  • NurPhoto via Getty Images Anthropic has quietly joined the frontier labs designing their own chips, a shift driven less by escaping Nvidia than by the arithmetic of serving billions of tokens a day.
    — Jon Markman, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026
  • The alcohol-burning products were associated with 31 reports of flame jettings and flames escaping from the concrete container, resulting in 19 burn injuries.
    — Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of escaping
Verb
  • Officials on Monday began evacuating two villages near the volcano, which is located 22 miles from the capital, Guatemala City.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 4 Aug. 2026
  • George and Amal Clooney are standing by their French community after evacuating their home as wildfires spread across parts of Europe.
    — Charlie Carballo, USA Today, 30 July 2026
Definition of evacuating
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