/ skræm; NAmE / verb
( -mm- ) [ v ] ( old-fashioned , informal ) (usually used in orders) to go away quickly :
Scram! I don't want you here.
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WORD ORIGIN
early 20th cent.: probably from the verb scramble .
/ skræm; NAmE / verb
( -mm- ) [ v ] ( old-fashioned , informal ) (usually used in orders) to go away quickly :
Scram! I don't want you here.
••
WORD ORIGIN
early 20th cent.: probably from the verb scramble .
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005