skedaddle
79 synonyms found
- abscond
- absquatulate
- back out
- beat a retreat
- begone
- boggle
- bolt
- career
- chicken
- chicken out
- clear out
- cut and run
- cut out
- dart
- dash
- decamp
- depart
- desert
- desert under fire
- dog it
- elope
- falter
- fight shy
- flee
- fling
- fly
- fugitate
- funk
- funk out
- get cold feet
- go AWOL
- hasten
- hie
- hightail
- hump
- hump it
- hurtle
- jib
- jump
- jump a mile
- jump bail
- kite
- lam
- levant
- lose courage
- make haste
- make off
- panic
- powder
- run away
- run away from
- run away with
- run for it
- run off
- scamper
- scoot
- scram
- scramble
- scud
- scuttle
- shoot
- show the heels
- shy
- skip
- skip out
- slip the cable
- stampede
- start
- start aside
- startle
- step on it
- take a powder
- take flight
- take French leave
- take off
- take to flight
- take wing
- turn tail
- vamoose
Definition
"the sheep skedaddled as soon as the shepherd's dog came near."