decamp

pronunciation

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  • Verb:
    leave a camp
    run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along
    leave suddenly

Word Origin

decamp (v.)
1670s, from French décamper (17c.), earlier descamper, from des- (see dis-) + camper (see camp (n.)). Non-military use is from 1751. Related: Decamped; decamping.

Example

1. Perhaps winter will cause the occupiers to decamp .
2. The answer , though , is not for you to decamp to Starbucks it is for him to do so .
3. Youngsters decamp as soon as they can to work in towns near and far , leaving their ageing parents to till the soil .
4. For UBS , the Swiss would also doubtless want a foreign buyer to decamp to Switzerland , a big barrier to a deal .
5. The government wants them to decamp to their factories in the Pearl River Delta and spend the festive break in their not-so-festive worker dormitories .

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