as in to depart
to leave a place often for another
it's getting late, so we had better vamoose
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Recent Examples of vamoose
The bad news: Dove can’t convince Running Cub to vamoose because — well, a woman’s got to do what a woman’s got to do as well.
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Joe Leydon, Variety, 13 June 2025
Khan’s group packed fast and vamoosed on a small airplane, which rose straight into a thrashing thunderstorm.
—David Quammen, The New Yorker, 4 May 2020
Nearby, a woman was making her own bathroom right next to the entrance of a residential building, vamoosing only when the doorman, Clever Santos Chavez, chased her away.
—Washington Post, 24 Feb. 2020
In November, the owner of the building housing Trump’s SoHo hotel in Manhattan paid the Trump Organization to vamoose.
—Chas Danner, Daily Intelligencer, 27 Jan. 2018
The Senate left town for its August recess Thursday, a week after the House vamoosed, and let’s hope the Members get an earful from constituents at home.
—The Editorial Board, WSJ, 4 Aug. 2017
Joe Leydon, Variety, 13 June 2025
Khan’s group packed fast and vamoosed on a small airplane, which rose straight into a thrashing thunderstorm.
—David Quammen, The New Yorker, 4 May 2020
Nearby, a woman was making her own bathroom right next to the entrance of a residential building, vamoosing only when the doorman, Clever Santos Chavez, chased her away.
—Washington Post, 24 Feb. 2020
In November, the owner of the building housing Trump’s SoHo hotel in Manhattan paid the Trump Organization to vamoose.
—Chas Danner, Daily Intelligencer, 27 Jan. 2018
The Senate left town for its August recess Thursday, a week after the House vamoosed, and let’s hope the Members get an earful from constituents at home.
—The Editorial Board, WSJ, 4 Aug. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for vamoose
Verb
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Over time, many of the drivers of their upside, from George Springer to Carlos Correa to Gerrit Cole to Justin Verlander to Tucker and Bregman, departed.—
Tony Blengino,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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The criminal complaint alleges that she was captured on surveillance footage carrying a black backpack entering the locker room area, appearing to take a photo of the vicinity, and departing without the backpack.—
Mike Brest,
The Washington Examiner,
1 July 2025
Verb
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These hiking physical human augmentation wearables are exiting the Trough of Disillusionment, led by three factors that work in their favor: low price, influencer content, and public demonstrations.—
Borislav "Bobby" Marinov,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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Fischer, also a former long-serving WME agent, had exited Buchwald in November 2024 after a two-year run at the agency as Head of Unscripted Content and Talent.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
30 June 2025
Verb
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Wales have done well under Wilkinson to move away from a hardened reputation as being Fishlock’s team and become more of a sum of their parts.—
Megan Feringa,
New York Times,
27 June 2025
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Employees are held to high speed standards, with some scanning up to 1,200 items an hour to keep lines moving.—
Meghan Overdeep,
Southern Living,
26 June 2025
Verb
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But everything depends on next weekend’s figures after the arrival of the first major box office threat, and the bigger the box office impact, the faster Jurassic World’s plans for a billion dollar summer may go extinct.—
Mark Hughes,
Forbes.com,
6 July 2025
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Montgomery went 3-for-5 with the first-inning RBI triple and singles in the fourth and seventh innings in his second major-league game.—
LaMond Pope,
Chicago Tribune,
6 July 2025
Verb
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So much for my hope that Jess would get a promotion!—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
8 July 2025
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Maybe there's a path for Turner to get there eventually.—
Drew VonScio,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 July 2025
Verb
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Simmons is then accused of carjacking a vehicle from someone who was at the medical facility and fleeing the scene.—
Meredith Deliso,
ABC News,
1 July 2025
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Rising gang violence then led thousands of ordinary Salvadorans to flee to the United States.—
Carolina A. Miranda,
The Atlantic,
30 June 2025
Verb
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The residents of San Antonio, Austin and the surrounding areas have been urged to monitor forecasts, be alert for possible Flood Warnings and be prepared to evacuated if necessary.—
Hannah Parry
Amanda Castro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 July 2025
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In a press conference on Sunday morning, Kerrville City manager Rice was asked about why summer camps were not evacuated, despite the warning days earlier that a storm could occur.—
Rebecca Schneid,
Time,
7 July 2025
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“Vamoose.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vamoose. Accessed 10 Jul. 2025.
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