vamoose

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

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

To scoot To vamoose or skidoo To leave hastily and unceremoniously. — Some Everyday Folk and Dawn, Miles Franklin
The moment my back was turned you vamoosed from the waiting room. — The best short stories of 1919, and the yearbook of the American short story, Unknown
Make some joke of that sort, and when you are once outside the gate, by George, my boy, you'll have to vamoose!" — Fantômas, Pierre Souvestre

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