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   decamp

   /ˌdiːˈkamp/

   verb

   • 1. leave a place suddenly or secretly: "now he has decamped to Hollywood" Similar abscondmake offrun offrun awayfleebolttake offtake flightdisappearvanishslip awaysteal awaysneak awaybeat a hasty retreatescapemake a run for itmake one's getawayleavedepartmake oneself scarceinformal:splitscramskedaddlevamooseskipcut and runmake trackspush offshove offclear offhightail ithotfoot itshow a clean pair of heelsdo a bunkdo a runnerdo a moonlight flitdo a disappearing acthead for the hillsfly the cooptake French leavego AWOLscarpertake a powdergo on the lamlight outbug outpeel outcut outinformal, dated:hook itOpposite return
   • 2. break up or leave a military camp: "the armies of both chiefs had decamped" Similar strike one's tentsbreak campmove onOpposite encamp

   Word Origin late 17th century: from French décamper, from dé- (expressing removal) + camp ‘camp’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. decampment noun

   Scrabble Points: 13

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