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UK
/skˈɑːpɐ/
]
VERB
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flee; take to one's heels; cut and run
If you see this man, run!
The burglars escaped before the police showed up
How To Use scarper In A Sentence
- And since the party starts at 7pm, I reckon I can scarper shortly after 10 to get to the pub for last orders.
- The rat, who, arguably, has been the cause of near tragedy, scarpers.
- On the way, they'd been attacked by brigands again, but they'd scarpered as soon as they realised the team was capable of offering armed resistance.
- By grief he does not mean what grief father caused him by scarpering, but the grief Davis might cause turning up.
- For it is the truth of my heart, dearest Lady, that thou hast inspired in me that which I had thought long lost, and whither it had scarpered I wot not.
- He actually lay in wait for burglars and shot them as a deliberate act, even though they were about to scarper.
- These were communal dunnies so every now and then someone would open the door, loudly sniff the air and promptly scarper.
- The bookshop man told him it would cost around £20,000, so Daniel scarpered.
- Determined to rescue the two, Holmes starts a diversionary fire and, in the confusion, scarpers.
- By the time the police get there, they've scarpered and nothing gets done.