vamoosed

verb

past tense of vamoose
as in departed
to leave a place often for another it's getting late, so we had better vamoose

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for vamoosed
  1. departed
  2. exited
  3. moved
  4. went
  5. got
  6. fled
Verb
  • Both teams departed to the capital on Tuesday for Sunday's game at Real Madrid's Santiago Bernabeu Stadium, home of the record 15-time European champion.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 4 Nov. 2026
  • Hungary The bomb threats came a day after a Wizz Air flight that departed Luton airport near London was forced to make an emergency landing in Hungary after a bomb threat received while the plane was in the air.
    — Kirsten Grieshaber, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2026
Definition of departed
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  • Kon Knueppel exited to the locker room just six minutes into his season debut Wednesday night.
    — Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 5 Nov. 2026
  • With Hopkins’ appointment, Scott Miller, who previously served as WBD’s president of networks and streaming distribution, exited the company.
    — Todd Spangler, Variety, 4 Nov. 2026
Definition of exited
Verb
  • West initially imagined his look through the imagery of the early papacy—particularly the period when the papal court moved from Rome to Avignon.
    — Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 5 Nov. 2026
  • Two years after their wedding, the pair moved from their Kansas hometown to Nashville so Martina could pursue a music career.
    — Georgia Slater, PEOPLE, 5 Nov. 2026
Definition of moved
Verb
  • The company generated $70 billion in free cash flow in the first half of this year, while AMD totaled just over $4 billion and Google parent Alphabet went cash flow negative in the second quarter to fund its buildout.
    — Kif Leswing,Isabel O'Brien, CNBC, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Napoli went ahead again in the 83rd minute thanks to a second from McTominay — who also scored twice in Tuesday's 4-3 win over Bodø/Glimt in the Champions League.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of went
Verb
  • When this 2008 institution from Elmhurst, Queens opened an outpost within Manhattan’s Chelsea Market, even more New Yorkers got access to its exceptional, home-style Thai cooking.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Nov. 2026
  • The Hurricanes never got closer than six points the rest of the night.
    — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 3 Nov. 2026
Definition of got
Verb
  • To win over Hispanic voters who fled regimes in countries like Cuba and Venezuela, the GOP has tapped into fears of a socialist takeover, fueled by the rise of increasingly progressive Democratic candidates.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 30 Oct. 2026
  • Many of them fled to the south to escape famine and economic hardship.
    — Jieun Baek, Foreign Affairs, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of fled
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