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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But Jewish security is not achieved by retreating from the rest of New York.

— Mark Treyger, New York Daily News, 8 Sep. 2026
The Himalayas are warming rapidly, glaciers are retreating and rainfall and snowfall patterns are shifting.

— ABC News, ABC News, 7 Sep. 2026

Definition of retreating

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Step Back Kenya has long been a refuge for people fleeing conflicts in neighboring countries, from Somalia and Sudan in the early 1990s to South Sudan, Burundi and the DR Congo.

— Vivianne Wandera, semafor.com, 9 Sep. 2026
Masson credited the town’s surveillance cameras with capturing the fleeing pair abandoning at least one of the paintings and the city’s police force with a quick response.

— News Desk, Artforum, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of fleeing

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Peden has their own professional flying grooms that travel with the horses for championships and Olympic flights, while there are also vets and stable grooms, such as Vard on board.

— Danielle Rossingh, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
Roundabout 100, most of them leased, flying more than double that number in flights each day to destinations across the globe.

— Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of flying

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Involves engineering hurdles Building solar farms on open water involves far more engineering hurdles than bolting panels onto dry land.

— Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 21 Aug. 2026
Above all, embed accuracy into explainability rather than bolting it on afterward.

— Sriram Bhargav Madhav, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of bolting

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Detroit, of course, still ranks as one of the better base-running teams in the league.

— Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
Before running for governor, Acton had been recruited by DeWine in 2019 to lead the Ohio Department of Health while serving as an associate professor of public health at Ohio State University.

— Gary Fields, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2026

Definition of running

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The Americans fell to second after narrowly escaping Italy with a 55-52 victory, their lowest-scoring World Cup performance since the introduction of the 3-point line in 1984.

— Jackson Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 10 Sep. 2026
There are also Greek visitors escaping the city for a long weekend or visiting family.

— Chadner Navarro, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of escaping

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