Synonyms of vamoose

vamoose

verb

və-ˈmüs 

as in to depart

to leave a place often for another

it's getting late, so we had better vamoose

Synonyms & Similar Words

• depart
• exit
• move
• go
• get
• flee
• evacuate
• escape
• begone
• start
• quit
• fly
• bail
• scarper
• retire
• pack (up or off)
• part
• sally (forth)
• run along
• bail out
• walk out
• get off
• dig out
• withdraw
• emigrate
• pull out
• go off
• pike (out or off)
• step (along)
• take a walk
• cut out
• peel off
• take off
• shove (off)
• book
• clear out
• clear off
• push off
• retreat
• bugger off
• beat it
• buzz (off)
• push on
• abscond
• skip
• bug out
• take a powder
• bug off
• take a hike
• pull up stakes
• abandon
• hit the road
• set out
• pull stakes
• scram
• vacate
• decamp
• strike out
• remove
• run away
• get out
• forsake
• go out
• desert
• adjourn
• mizzle
• step out
• light out
• scat

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• come
• arrive
• remain
• stay
• settle
• dwell
• show up
• abide
• close
• approach
• reach
• tarry
• turn up
• hit
• lodge
• land
• near

Examples of vamoose in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

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

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