SKEDADDLING Synonyms: 44 Similar and Opposite Words

skedaddling

verb

present participle of skedaddle

as in retreating

to hasten away from something dangerous or frightening we skedaddled as soon as we saw the snake entering our campsite

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Shy, retreating Minnie was happy to bask in Callie’s light, while Helen’s existence was almost entirely dedicated to her only daughter.

— Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2026
The actual battle had ended with Glover’s men retreating across the Hutchinson River.

— Ian Frazier, New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of retreating

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The video shows the man fleeing from the officer, then turning around and starting to chase him, before pointing a weapon in the officer's direction.

— CBS News, CBS News, 4 Nov. 2026
In the city known as the birthplace of the film industry, Hollywood jobs have been fleeing for years for cheaper locales.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 3 Nov. 2026

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Mulch cool-season vegetables to delay bolting and keep them producing longer.

— Abby Monteil, The Spruce, 29 Oct. 2026
The companies that capture that value will redesign work around their most creative people, rather than bolting AI onto old processes and counting the empty chairs.

— Jay Kaplan, Fortune, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of bolting

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Restart support should cover the actual costs of resuming valuable work, with urgency for long-running studies, irreplaceable biological resources and teams at risk of dispersing.

— Carole LaBonne, Washington Post, 8 Nov. 2026
Independent scrutiny remains PSI said David Turturean led the work, developing the research system, defining the problem and running the process.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 7 Nov. 2026

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The same gas is commonly found escaping from magmatic vents on Earth, with the compound coming from hot magma beneath the surface.

— Robert Lea, Space.com, 4 Nov. 2026
The celebrity barn owls’ saga follows in the footsteps of Flaco, the Eurasian eagle-owl, who captivated the city for a year after escaping from the Central Park Zoo after someone cut a hole through the mesh of his enclosure.

— Lincoln Anderson, New York Daily News, 3 Nov. 2026

Definition of escaping

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