scarper English

Meaning scarper meaning

What does scarper mean?

scarper

— verb (= run, escape) flee; take to one's heels; cut and run If you see this man, run! The burglars escaped before the police showed up

Synonyms scarper synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as scarper?

scarper English » English

run away

escape

turn tail

take to the woods

scat

run

lam

hightail it

head for the hills

fly the coop

bunk

break away

waste

vanish

slink

push off

perish

make off

go around

go

forfeit

flee

fade away

fade

dissolve

disappear

deliquesce

decamp

clear out

bugger off

bolt

blow

beat it

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Physical actions Move Pursue

Escape

• What words refer to escaping from a dangerous place?
  escape get out flee make your escape get away get clear abandon ship bail out evacuate fly the coop get free get loose run away scarper break away break free break loose sneak out