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• n  a hasty flight
• v  run away, as if in a panic

• The abrupt Republican skedaddle away from Bush on the Dubai ports issue was a vivid demonstration of the populist fever rising in Americaa make-the-world-go-away attitude that .
• When the smugglers have gone, Johnnie starts to skedaddle home, and accidentally tweaks off the corpse's beard, whereupon he notices a locket slung around the fleshless neck.
• The duo plan to skedaddle with the loot while the funeral is going on.

News & Articles

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• Sacramento doesn't compare well with Seattle
  Re "Are they a nuisance or dash of color? City tells street performers to skedaddle" (Page
  Aug. 20, 2013 - The Sacramento Bee
• Distinguish street performers from illicit businesses
  Re "Are they a nuisance or a dash of color? City tells street performers to skedaddle" (Pa
  Aug. 20, 2013 - The Sacramento Bee

Quotes

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• Bill Ritter in Summit Daily News
  Ritter said his instructions from staff were to "sit, sign and skedaddle," but he gave Gibbs and state Senate President Joan Fitz-Gerald both a chance to make remarks on the legislation, deemed critical to West Slope interests.