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skedaddle

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ske⋅dad⋅dle

  [ski-dad-l] verb, -dled, -dling, noun Informal.
–verb (used without object)
1. to run away hurriedly; flee.
–noun
2. a hasty flight.
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Origin:
1860–65, Americanism; cf. dial. (Scots, N England) skedaddle to spill, scatter, skiddle to move away quickly
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ske·dad·dle   (skĭ-dād'l)   
intr.v.   ske·dad·dled, ske·dad·dling, ske·dad·dles Informal
To leave hastily; flee.

[Origin unknown.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Slang Dictionary
skedaddle [skəˈdædlæ]

  1. in.
    to get out; to leave in a hurry. (Folksy.) : Well, I'd better skedaddle on home.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

skedaddle 
"to run away," 1861, American Civil War military slang, of unknown origin, perhaps connected to earlier use in northern England dialect with a meaning "to spill."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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