decamp

  • 11decamp — UK [dɪˈkæmp] / US verb [intransitive] Word forms decamp : present tense I/you/we/they decamp he/she/it decamps present participle decamping past tense decamped past participle decamped 1) to leave a place in order to live or work somewhere else… …

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  • 12decamp — verb /diːˈkæmp/ a) To break up camp and move on. Though unusual in the Dublin area he knew that it was not by any means unknown for desperadoes who had next to nothing to live on to be abroad waylaying and generally terrorising peaceable… …

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  • 13decamp — de|camp [dıˈkæmp] v [i]formal [Date: 1600 1700; : French; Origin: décamper, from camper to camp ] to leave a place quickly decamp to/from ▪ The wealthier inhabitants decamped to the suburbs …

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  • 14DeCamp Bus Lines — DeCamp #8409 stops in Upper Montclair on the 66. Founded 1870 Headquarters 101 Gree …

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  • 15DeCamp, California — DeCamp   Unincorporated community   …

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  • 16decamp — intransitive verb Etymology: French décamper, from Middle French descamper, from des de + camper to camp Date: 1676 1. to break up a camp 2. to depart suddenly ; abscond • decampment noun …

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  • 17decamp — decampment, n. /di kamp /, v.i. 1. to depart from a camp; to pack up equipment and leave a camping ground: We decamped before the rain began. 2. to depart quickly, secretly, or unceremoniously: The band of thieves decamped in the night. [1670 80; …

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  • 18decamp — Synonyms and related words: abscond, absquatulate, avoid, beat a retreat, begone, bolt, break, break camp, clear out, cut and run, depart, desert, dog it, elope, elude, escape, evade, exit, flee, fly, fugitate, go, go AWOL, hightail, jump, jump… …

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  • 19decamp — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. break camp, depart (see departure). II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. desert, evacuate, flee, abscond; see escape , leave 1 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. bolt, flee, escape, *head for the hills, depart …

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  • 20decamp — de|camp [ dı kæmp ] verb intransitive to leave a place in order to live or work somewhere else a. to leave a place quickly because you have done something wrong …

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