scram
- v leave immediately; used usually in the imperative form
- You don't want to be in the cellar: anyone described as needing improvement has six months to either get up to standard or scram.
- To win the $25,000 in prizes, contestants have to guess the names of towns in New York state represented by scram bled anagrams (see cut) and described in such clues as: "People .
- Automatic systems would instantly "scram" the reactors, pushing control rods into the core and shutting them down.