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Decamp

Decamp Meaning & Definition
Decamp Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Decamp?

[v] leave suddenly (very informal usage); "She persuaded him to decamp"; "skip town"
[v] run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along
[v] leave a camp; "The hikers decamped before dawn"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Decamp: abscond | absquatulate | bolt | break camp | go off | run off | skip | vamoose

Related Terms | Find terms related to Decamp: abscond | absquatulate | avoid | beat a retreat | begone | bolt | break | break camp | clear out | cut and run | depart | desert | dog it | elope | elude | escape | evade | exit | flee | fly | fugitate | go | go AWOL | hightail | jump | jump bail | kite | lam | leave | levant | make off | powder | pull up stakes | quit | retire | run | run away | run away from | run away with | run for it | run off | scape | scram | show the heels | shun | skedaddle | skip | skip out | slip the cable | split | strike camp | take a powder | take flight | take French leave | take off | take to flight | take wing | turn tail | vamoose | withdraw

See Also | depart | flee | fly | go away | go forth | leave | levant | quit | take flight | take leave

Decamp In Webster's Dictionary

\De*camp"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Decamped} (?; 215); p. pr. & vb. n. {Decamping}.] [F. d['e]camper; pref. d['e]- (L. dis) + camp camp. See {Camp}.] 1. To break up a camp; to move away from a camping ground, usually by night or secretly. --Macaulay. 2. Hence, to depart suddenly; to run away; -- generally used disparagingly. The fathers were ordered to decamp, and the house was once again converted into a tavern. --Goldsmith.

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