■ verb Brit. informal run away.
Origin
C19: prob. from Ital. scappare 'to escape', influenced by rhyming sl. Scapa Flow 'go'.
SCARPER
Meaning of SCARPER in English
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004
■ verb Brit. informal run away.
Origin
C19: prob. from Ital. scappare 'to escape', influenced by rhyming sl. Scapa Flow 'go'.
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004