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(ski dad′'l)

intransitive verb skedaddled, skedaddling

Informal to run off or away; leave in a hurry

Origin: popularized in military slang of Civil War period: prob. a fanciful formation

noun

Informal a running or scurrying away

See skedaddle in American Heritage Dictionary 4

intransitive verb ske·dad·dled, ske·dad·dling, ske·dad·dles
Informal

To leave hastily; flee.

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