skedaddle
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Ske·dad′dle intransitive verb [past tense & past participle Skedaddled; present participle & verbal noun Skedaddling.]
Origin: Of uncertain etymology.
To betake one's self to flight, as if in a panic; to flee; to run away. Slang, U. S.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54