Skedaddling

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Skedaddle \Ske*dad"dle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Skedaddled}; p.
     pr. & vb. n. {Skedaddling}.] [Of uncertain etymology.]
     To betake one's self to flight, as if in a panic; to flee; to
     run away. [Slang, U. S.]
     [1913 Webster]