SCARPER


Meaning of SCARPER in English

/ ˈskɑːpə(r); NAmE ˈskɑːrp-/ verb

[ v ] ( BrE , informal ) to run away; to leave :

The police arrived, so we scarpered.

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WORD ORIGIN

mid 19th cent.: probably from Italian scappare to escape, influenced by rhyming slang Scapa Flow go .

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.