decamped
past simple and past participle ofdecamp
decamp
verb[I]
informaluk/diːˈkæmp/us/diːˈkæmp/toleavesuddenlyandunexpectedly, usually withouttellinganyone:
He decamped from thehotelwith someone else'sluggage.
Running away and escaping
- abscond
- back away
- back off
- bail out
- be at largeidiom
- be on the runidiom
- escape
- extrication
- flee
- fugitive
- gaolbreak
- getaway
- leg
- loose
- scarper
- scram
- shakesomethingoff
- shoot through
- skedaddle
- throw
Examplesofdecamped
decamped
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
They were frightened about beingdecampedfrom the property for three months or more, and returning to it subsequently.
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In the morning the enemy may havedecamped, or it may still be there.
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The guarantor would then forfeit his bond if the visitordecamped.
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Tunstalldecampedand gave a false name at the hospital.
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The inference is that these major firms have taken this money anddecampedwith it, whereas, in fact, it has been used to create the £3,410 million earned abroad.
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When he returned, repentant, his family haddecamped, and his wife had filed for divorce.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The expenditure on these items ate into the profits, and many peopledecampedwith the tents, which were hired.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Aware that their neighboring regiment was fleeing from the battlefield, the 42nd alsodecamped.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.For the first half of the 1630s the house was shut up and the windows boarded over, while the familydecampedto other houses held by the family.
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- combativeness
- combat patrol
- combat phase
- combat readiness
- combat role
- combat situation
- combat skill
- combat soldier
- combat support
- combat tactics
- combatted
- combatting
- combat trousers
- combat-trousers
- combat unit
- combat vehicle
- combat zone
- comb binding
- comb-binding
- combed
- comber
- combi
- combination
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