decamping Play verbLeave a place suddenly or secretly. SYNONYMS abscondbeat a hasty retreatboltbug outclear offcut and runcut outdepartdisappeardo a bunkdo a disappearing actdo a moonlight flitdo a runnerescapefleefly the coopgo AWOLgo on the lamhead for the hillshightail ithook ithotfoot itleavelight outmake a run for itmake offmake one's getawaymake oneself scarcemake trackspeel outpush offrun awayrun offscarperscramshove offshow a clean pair of heelsskedaddleskipslip awaysneak awaysplitsteal awaytake a powdertake flighttake French leavetake offvamoosevanish
