scarper

Brit.  to run away

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scarper
leave, escape

Scarper may be derived from Italian scappare, but may also hail from rhyming slang Scapa Flow, 'go'. The rhyme only works with the Cockney pronunciation of Scapa, with a long a and an r sound at the end.

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verb intr.
verb intr.

1: To depart quickly; to run away or escape. (1846 —) .
E. Crispin He's downstairs now with the others—and they're keeping a sharp eye on him; he won't have a chance to scarper again (1977). noun

2: to do a scarper to run away, 'do a bunk'. (1958 —) .

[Prob. from Italian scappare to escape or get away, reinforced (at the time of World War I) by rhyming slang Scapa Flow 'go'.]

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Dansk (Danish)
v. intr. - stikke af, desertere

Français (French)
v. intr. - (GB) déguerpir

Deutsch (German)
v. - (Slang) sich aus dem Staub machen, abhauen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - λακίζω
n. - φευγιό

Italiano (Italian)
darsela a gambe, filarsela

Português (Portuguese)
v. - fugir

Русский (Russian)
убегать, улепетывать

Español (Spanish)
v. intr. - largarse, escaparse

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - sticka iväg, smita, sjappa
n. - smitning

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
逃跑, 跑掉

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. intr. - 逃跑, 跑掉

한국어 (Korean)
v. intr. - (돈을 안 내고) 도망치다, 갑자기 도망치다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 逃げ去る
n. - 急いで出かけること

עברית (Hebrew)
v. intr. - ‮ברח‬

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