verb
- left quickly or suddenly; departed hastily
Usage: informal; past tense of vamoose
Examples
- When the police arrived, the troublemakers had already vamoosed.
- She vamoosed from the party without saying goodbye.
- The cat vamoosed as soon as it heard the vacuum cleaner.
- He vamoosed before anyone could ask him about the missing money.
- The kids vamoosed when they saw their angry teacher approaching.
- By the time we got there, all the good candidates had vamoosed.