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Definition of skedaddle verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

skedaddle

verb

NAmE//skɪˈdædl//

[intransitive] (informal) (humorous)Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they skedaddle

he / she / it skedaddles

past simple skedaddled

-ing form skedaddling

to move away or leave a place quickly, especially in order to avoid someone

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