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scarper verb

/ˈskɑː.pər/US pronunciation symbol/ˈskɑːr.pɚ/ v [I] UK slang
to leave very quickly, often to avoid getting into trouble
The police are coming! We'd better scarper.

(Definition of scarper verb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)
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