skedaddled

verb

past tense of skedaddle
as in retreated
to hasten away from something dangerous or frightening we skedaddled as soon as we saw the snake entering our campsite

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  1. retreated
  2. fled
  3. bolted
  4. ran
  5. escaped
Verb
  • Exxon shares retreated about 2% in premarket trading on Friday as it’s adjusted per-share profit narrowly missed forecasts.
    — Matt Egan, CNN Money, 31 July 2026
  • Out of possession, Benfica looked to man-mark higher up the pitch but retreated into their customary 4-2-3-1 shape as teams got forward, with the wingers moving infield as seen below.
    — Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 30 July 2026
Definition of retreated
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  • Hallegua is a Paradesi Jew, the once-dominant group whose fair-skinned, Sephardic ancestors from Spain and Portugal fled the Spanish Inquisition in the 16th century.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Instead of stopping to help, the driver of the Ford fled from the scene.
    — Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of fled
Verb
  • Those changes stuck because they were built into how the business runs, not bolted onto a marketing model.
    — Christopher Elliott, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026
  • Romanch Mahajan, 18, was thrown from a carriage on June 17 after Samson, the horse pulling the carriage, bolted, collided with another carriage, and toppled over.
    — Alexa Herrera, CBS News, 30 July 2026
Definition of bolted
Verb
  • Investigators analyzed data from more than 1,700 participants in a long-running study funded by the National Institutes of Health.
    — Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 8 Aug. 2026
  • Danny Meyer’s Union Square Hospitality Group runs both of the Whitney’s two dining outlets.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Aug. 2026
Definition of ran
Verb
  • Rhodes escaped and shoved Punk shoulder-first into the steel ring steps.
    — Blake Oestriecher, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026
  • Flaco, who lived in the Central Park Zoo for 13 years, escaped when someone cut the wire mesh on his cage.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of escaped
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“Skedaddled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/skedaddled. Accessed 8 Aug. 2026.

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