Verb: decamp di'kamp or dee'kamp
- Leave suddenly
"She persuaded him to decamp";
- skip, vamoose [informal]
- Run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along
"the accountant decamped with the cash from the safe";
- abscond, bolt, absquatulate [N. Amer], run off, go off, make off, make away
- Leave a camp
"The hikers decamped before dawn";
- break camp
Derived forms: decamped, decamping, decamps
Type of: cut and run [informal], depart, flee, fly, go away, go forth, leave, off [informal], quit, take flight, take leave
Encyclopedia: Decamp