skedaddles

present tense third-person singular of skedaddle

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for skedaddles
Verb
  • Players take on the role of Enzo Favaro, a miner who survives a tunnel collapse and flees the pit after insubordinately attacking a cruel underboss.
    Gieson Cacho, Mercury News, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Blazy gives Odhiang a deep hug, jogs around the runway, and flees toward the exit, smiling.
    Nathan Heller, Vogue, 14 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The film, which is a sequel to the classic 1990 Christmas movie, follows the young and spirited Kevin McCallister (Macaulay Culkin), who mistakenly gets on a plane headed for New York City while the rest of the family flies to Florida.
    Lauren Huff, Entertainment Weekly, 15 Oct. 2025
  • That said, both Painter and Brown said the airport video likely flies in the face of appropriations law.
    Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 14 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Wilks retreats to the front of his vehicle before briefly emerging and the officer then lets off a second round of gunfire.
    Drake Bentley, jsonline.com, 13 Oct. 2025
  • This allows Kerkez to operate higher up the pitch, while Szoboszlai retreats to give Konate a passing option.
    The Athletic UK Staff, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Parsley is a biennial that quickly bolts and dies the second year, and since second-year parsley is bitter, it’s typically grown as an annual.
    Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 14 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • In the film, Credenza runs the bizarre amusement park of Twitlandia alongside her husband — delighting in dirty pranks, filth and cruelty along the way.
    Jane LaCroix, PEOPLE, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Ammatoli Chef Dima Habibeh runs this popular downtown eatery, beloved for its Mediterranean dishes.
    Cu Fleshman, Travel + Leisure, 18 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • If your perfect visit means patio dining, lakeside escapes, and neighborhood fairs, summer is hard to beat.
    Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Using porous graphite felt and enhanced heat transfer, gas released from the resin escapes while a vacuum system removes it, allowing crowns to survive the process without cracking.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2025
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“Skedaddles.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/skedaddles. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.

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