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to scarper
01
to leave or run away hastily, often with the intention of avoiding trouble, responsibility, or capture
Intransitive: to scarper | to scarper from a place
Grammatical Information
Composition
Simple
Movement verb
Regular
Present tense
scarper
3rd person singular
scarpers
Present participle
scarpering
Past simple
scarpered
Past participle
scarpered
Examples
Upon hearing the approaching police sirens, the graffiti artist decided to scarper from the scene.
