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Verb: scarper  skaa(r)-pu(r)
  1. Flee; take to one's heels; cut and run
    "If you see this man, scarper!";
    - scat, run, turn tail, lam [N. Amer], run away, hightail it, bunk, head for the hills, take to the woods, escape, fly the coop, break away, leg it [Brit]

Derived forms: scarpering, scarpers, scarpered

Type of: go away, go forth, leave

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scarlet runner
scarlet runner bean
scarlet strawberry
scarlet sumac
scarlet tanager
scarlet wisteria tree
scarlet woman
scarlet-crimson
scarlet-pink
scarp
scarper
scarred
Scartella
Scartella cristata
scary
scat
scat singing
scathe
scathing
scathingly
scatological