Scram

/skræm/

Meaning & Definition

verb

to depart quickly or leave hastily, often used as an imperative.

When the police arrived, we were told to scram before they started asking questions.

to cause someone to leave or to run away.

The loud noise made the kids scram out of the playground.

to move away quickly; to flee.

As soon as they saw the bear, they scrammed into the woods.

Origin unknown; possibly from the verb 'scramble' or derived from the slang 'scram' dating back to the early 20th century.

scram out:

to exit quickly or hurriedly.

scram and run:

to leave quickly, especially in a hurried or panicked manner.

get lost

If you don't like it here, just scram!

get out of here

She told him to scram when he wouldn't stop bothering her.