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Clearing out desk when sacked, then going off
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skedaddling
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vb. (present participle of skedaddle English)
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Skedaddle \Ske*dad"dle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Skedaddled ; p. pr. & vb. n. Skedaddling .] [Of uncertain etymology.] To betake one's self to flight, as if in a panic; to flee; to run away. [Slang, U. S.]
Usage examples of skedaddling.
Why, the rest of the troops over in West Tennessee used to call our Brigade 'Leggett's Cavalry,' for they always had us chasing Old Forrest, and we kept him skedaddling, too, pretty lively.
I still can see Eula Lemoy, her robe hitched up to her waist, skedaddling across the gravel bar.
So just turning off the temporooter and skedaddling is out of the question.