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Vamoose

//væˈmus// verb, slang

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Verb
  1. 1
    To run away (from); to flee. ambitransitive, slang

    "Speaking of the room in which I locked McIndoe — I will preface by saying that Mac "vamoosed that ranch" that very day and left me alone."

  2. 2
    leave suddenly wordnet
  3. 3
    To hurry. intransitive, slang

    "Some members of civil rights organizations present said they have heard that Negroes seeking housing in the [sundown] towns had been intimidated and that 'vamoose' warnings have been in vogue for the past year."

Etymology

Alteration of Spanish vamos (“we go”) or vámonos (“let's go”). Doublet of namous.

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