verb
- to leave quickly; to depart hastily
Usage: informal; slang
Examples
- When the police arrived, the troublemakers decided to vamoose.
- We’d better vamoose before the storm hits.
- The kids vamoosed as soon as they heard their parents coming home.
- Let’s vamoose from this boring party.
- The cat vamoosed when it saw the dog approaching.
- Time to vamoose – the movie starts in ten minutes.