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Scat

verb

Flee; take to one's heels; cut and run. Synonyms: break away, bunk, escape, fly the coop, head for the hills, hightail it, lam, run, run away, scarper, take to the woods, turn tail. "The burglars escaped before the police showed up"

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Etymology of 'Scat'

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"Scat" Quotes from Famous Books

... and delicate in texture and colour. They had soft credulous mouths. Some glanced sideways at one another; some listened with a forced intentness. The expression of one good-looking boy, sitting in a corner scat, struck the bishop as being curiously defiant. He stood very erect, he blinked his eyes as though they smarted, his lips were compressed bitterly. And then it seemed to the bishop that the Angel stood beside him and ...

— Soul of a Bishop • H. G. Wells

... picked up little Billy and Fanny they were both unconscious. One of Billy's little arms was broken, so violently had he been flung about and against the iron bars of the scat. Fanny's injuries ...

— Green Valley • Katharine Reynolds

Words linked to "Scat" : flee, skedaddle, go away, vocalizing, go forth, jazz, fly, singing, take flight, leave