Verb: scarper skaa(r)-pu(r)
Usage: Brit, informal
Usage: Brit, informal
- Flee; take to one's heels; cut and run
"If you see this man, scarper!";
- scat [informal], run, turn tail [informal], lam [N. Amer, informal], run away, hightail it [N. Amer, informal], bunk [informal], head for the hills [informal], take to the woods [informal], escape, fly the coop [informal], break away, leg it [Brit, informal]
Derived forms: scarpered, scarpering, scarpers