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va·moose

(vă-mo͞os′, və-)

intr.v. va·moosed, va·moos·ing, va·moos·es Slang

To leave hurriedly.

[From Spanish vamos, let's go, from Latin vādāmus, first person pl. present subjunctive of vādere, to go.]

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vamoose

(vəˈmuːs)

(intr) slang chiefly US to leave a place hurriedly; decamp

[C19: from Spanish vamos let's go, from Latin vādere to go, walk rapidly]

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va•moose

(væˈmus)

v. -moosed, -moos•ing. Slang. v.i.

1. to leave hurriedly; decamp.

v.t.

2. to leave hurriedly from; decamp from.

[1830–40; < Sp vamos let us go, imperative 1st pers. pl. of ir to go]

vamoose

Past participle: vamoosed
Gerund: vamoosing

Imperative
vamoose
vamoose

Present
I vamoose
you vamoose
he/she/it vamooses
we vamoose
you vamoose
they vamoose

Preterite
I vamoosed
you vamoosed
he/she/it vamoosed
we vamoosed
you vamoosed
they vamoosed

Present Continuous
I am vamoosing
you are vamoosing
he/she/it is vamoosing
we are vamoosing
you are vamoosing
they are vamoosing

Present Perfect
I have vamoosed
you have vamoosed
he/she/it has vamoosed
we have vamoosed
you have vamoosed
they have vamoosed

Past Continuous
I was vamoosing
you were vamoosing
he/she/it was vamoosing
we were vamoosing
you were vamoosing
they were vamoosing

Past Perfect
I had vamoosed
you had vamoosed
he/she/it had vamoosed
we had vamoosed
you had vamoosed
they had vamoosed

Future
I will vamoose
you will vamoose
he/she/it will vamoose
we will vamoose
you will vamoose
they will vamoose

Future Perfect
I will have vamoosed
you will have vamoosed
he/she/it will have vamoosed
we will have vamoosed
you will have vamoosed
they will have vamoosed

Future Continuous
I will be vamoosing
you will be vamoosing
he/she/it will be vamoosing
we will be vamoosing
you will be vamoosing
they will be vamoosing

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been vamoosing
you have been vamoosing
he/she/it has been vamoosing
we have been vamoosing
you have been vamoosing
they have been vamoosing

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been vamoosing
you will have been vamoosing
he/she/it will have been vamoosing
we will have been vamoosing
you will have been vamoosing
they will have been vamoosing

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been vamoosing
you had been vamoosing
he/she/it had been vamoosing
we had been vamoosing
you had been vamoosing
they had been vamoosing

Conditional
I would vamoose
you would vamoose
he/she/it would vamoose
we would vamoose
you would vamoose
they would vamoose

Past Conditional
I would have vamoosed
you would have vamoosed
he/she/it would have vamoosed
we would have vamoosed
you would have vamoosed
they would have vamoosed

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Verb

vamoose - leave suddenly; "She persuaded him to decamp"; "skip town"

decamp, skip

go forth, leave, go away - go away from a place; "At what time does your train leave?"; "She didn't leave until midnight"; "The ship leaves at midnight"

vamoose

verb

Slang. To leave hastily:

bolt, get out, run.

Informal: clear out, get, hotfoot, skedaddle.

Slang: hightail, scram.

Idioms: beat it, hightail it, hotfoot it , make tracks.

Translations

vamoose

[vəˈmuːs] VI → largarse

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vamoose

vi (US inf) → abhauen (inf), → abzischen (inf)

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