verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
off
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At once the clown scampered off into the dark.
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Jennifer scampered off to set up the game.
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Why not just demand their valuables and scamper off ?
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The boy scampered off , well pleased, all his earlier anxiety and depression passed.
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They scampered off , barking like the devil.
up
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She blew a kiss to Tunney, and scampered up a wall like a spider.
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Her weedy children would scamper up to practice karate in the clearing of his property.
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He scampered up the outer staircase and disappeared into the hall.
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One day we scampered up a hill for a more extensive view, through fields of berries and bright-purple fireweed.
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She scampered up the bank through the weeds to the footpath.
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He marched along beside her, then scampered up the aluminum stairs.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Children were scampering and wrestling in the playground.
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Jenny scampered off in excitement to set up the game.
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The monkeys scampered down the tree, anxious to investigate what was happening on the ground.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Closer by, red foxes scamper along Further Lane and deer browse near the front door.
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From inside I heard scampering, then silence.
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He scampered up the outer staircase and disappeared into the hall.
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One day we scampered up a hill for a more extensive view, through fields of berries and bright-purple fireweed.
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Sam scampered on ahead of them and waited at Dobbs' field.
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Sammy scampered leisurely in front of him while he stopped intermittently to pick up sweet chestnuts on the way.
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She hurried downstage and scampered down the makeshift gangway to the auditorium floor.
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She turned around and scampered back across the footpath to the gate, squeezed under and crept to the dish.