as in to escape
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Recent Examples of scram
Zoom in: Privacy and security are big: The house has a private gate and parking so no one has to use the main door, security offices for guests' staff and a bedroom with a secret exit should important visitors need to scram.
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Mimi Montgomery, Axios, 11 Oct. 2024
As of now, one man sits on a small dock off each island, telling onlookers to scram.
—Danielle Paquette, Washington Post, 12 Dec. 2019
In three seasons with the Pacers (before Donnie Walsh ditched him after Indiana brought back Larry Bird) and two more with the Knicks (before Walsh, again, told him to scram), Thomas has a 187-223 record (.456).
—Kirkland Crawford, Detroit Free Press, 8 May 2018
Mimi Montgomery, Axios, 11 Oct. 2024
As of now, one man sits on a small dock off each island, telling onlookers to scram.
—Danielle Paquette, Washington Post, 12 Dec. 2019
In three seasons with the Pacers (before Donnie Walsh ditched him after Indiana brought back Larry Bird) and two more with the Knicks (before Walsh, again, told him to scram), Thomas has a 187-223 record (.456).
—Kirkland Crawford, Detroit Free Press, 8 May 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for scram
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Most likely their presence would have forced the Americans to postpone their efforts to escape.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
18 Oct. 2025
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The dog had allegedly been wearing an electronic fence collar to prevent it from escaping its residence.—
Escher Walcott,
PEOPLE,
18 Oct. 2025
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Blake Treinen got a pop-up and a strikeout to get out of that inning and now has had five effective outings in his six postseason appearances, after a miserable September.—
Jim Alexander,
Oc Register,
17 Oct. 2025
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Want to get out of the house and entertain visiting friends, family or even yourself this weekend?—
Marcus Smith,
Sacbee.com,
17 Oct. 2025
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The single owner of the facility, Sun Kyou Lee, also known to them as Jesus Lee, had absconded without any forwarding information.—
Jasmin Malik Chua,
Sourcing Journal,
3 Oct. 2025
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In late May, Abarca’s ex-wife, Alexis Garcia, revealed that her husband had absconded with their then 2-year-old son after an argument and had not been seen for five days.—
Ilana Arougheti,
Kansas City Star,
27 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Not for the first time in their existence, Arsenal are thinking about decamping to Wembley.—
Phil Hay,
New York Times,
10 Oct. 2025
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In January of 2021, Shelby decamped to the proving grounds at Kennedy Space Center for a redux, bringing ample recording devices and external groups to monitor.—
Ben Oliver,
Robb Report,
30 Sep. 2025
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In a startling number of instances, women eloped, making their choices before parents could intervene—or even, in Angelica’s case, flying in the face of paternal disapproval.—
Jane Kamensky,
The Atlantic,
10 Oct. 2025
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The couple met in 1995 while Loughlin was married to her first husband, Michael Burns, and eloped on Thanksgiving two years later, per Entertainment Tonight.—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
3 Oct. 2025
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Police believe that these seven people were connected with a group of more than a dozen robbers who rammed a car into the front of Kim Hung Jewelry on Aborn Road in San Jose on Sept. 5 and made off with a bounty of jewelry, authorities said at a news conference.—
Caelyn Pender,
Mercury News,
3 Oct. 2025
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But the unexpected interloper turns out not to be the last of the heist’s hiccups when new team recruit Zen (Rosa Salazar) plugs Parker’s crew full of bullet holes and makes off with the rest of the cash.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
30 Sep. 2025
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Taylor Tomlinson will host After Midnight, the show that is replacing The Late Late Show now that James Corden has scarpered off to old Blighty.—
Vulture,
Vulture,
1 Nov. 2023
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Idrissa Gueye has scarpered, but that void was instantly filled by Mainz midfielder Jean-Philippe Gbamin - while Moise Kean, goodness knows how, has signed from Juventus to sharpen things up front.—
SI.com,
SI.com,
5 Aug. 2019
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No studio would finance the feature, about a whorehouse exhibitionist who lams it after being framed for murder — so director Melvin Van Peebles financed it himself with a boost from Bill Cosby, who gave him a $50,000 loan.—
Andrew Lawrence,
Peoplemag,
17 Feb. 2024
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One of those classic films that’s as good as its reputation (and maybe even better), Billy Wilder’s high-spirited comedy stars Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon as jazz musicians who have to lam it after witnessing a mob crime.—
Keith Phipps,
Rolling Stone,
1 May 2023
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“Scram.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scram. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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