Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to scram
Participle: scrammed
Gerund: scramming
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | scram |
| you | scram |
| he;she;it | scrams |
| we | scram |
| you | scram |
| they | scram |
Perfect
| I | have scrammed |
| you | have scrammed |
| he;she;it | has scrammed |
| we | have scrammed |
| you | have scrammed |
| they | have scrammed |
Past
| I | scrammed |
| you | scrammed |
| he;she;it | scrammed |
| we | scrammed |
| you | scrammed |
| they | scrammed |
Pluperfect
| I | had scrammed |
| you | had scrammed |
| he;she;it | had scrammed |
| we | had scrammed |
| you | had scrammed |
| they | had scrammed |
Future
| I | will scram |
| you | will scram |
| he;she;it | will scram |
| we | will scram |
| you | will scram |
| they | will scram |
Future Perfect
| I | will have scrammed |
| you | will have scrammed |
| he;she;it | will have scrammed |
| we | will have scrammed |
| you | will have scrammed |
| they | will have scrammed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | scram |
| you | scram |
| he;she;it | scram |
| we | scram |
| you | scram |
| they | scram |
Perfect
| I | have scrammed |
| you | have scrammed |
| he;she;it | have scrammed |
| we | have scrammed |
| you | have scrammed |
| they | have scrammed |
Imperfect
| I | scrammed |
| you | scrammed |
| he;she;it | scrammed |
| we | scrammed |
| you | scrammed |
| they | scrammed |
Pluperfect
| I | had scrammed |
| you | had scrammed |
| he;she;it | had scrammed |
| we | had scrammed |
| you | had scrammed |
| they | had scrammed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would scram |
| you | would scram |
| he;she;it | would scram |
| we | would scram |
| you | would scram |
| they | would scram |
Perfect
| I | would have scrammed |
| you | would have scrammed |
| he;she;it | would have scrammed |
| we | would have scrammed |
| you | would have scrammed |
| they | would have scrammed |
Imperative
| you | scram |
| we | Let's scram |
| you | scram |
Verbs conjugated like 'scram'
abet,
abhor,
abut,
acquit,
admit,
affrap,
allot,
alum,
amel,
amit,
anagram,
anvil,
apparel,
aret,
arret,
assot,
astun,
attrap,
augur,
avel, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'scram'
cram,
scam,
scrab,
scrag,
scramb,
scramp,
scran,
scrap,
scrat,
scrawm,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to move at full speed in retreat; to escape
- absquatulate, amscray, beat a retreat, beat feet, beat it, blow this popsicle stand, bolt, book it, do a bunk, flee, fly the coop, get lost, get out, gnash, head for the hills, hightail, hightail it, hit the road, jump, kick rocks, leg it, make a break for it, make a run for it, make tracks, namous, peg it, rabbit, run a mile, run away, run for the hills, run off, scamper, scarper, scat, shemozzle, skedaddle, take a powder, take flight, take off, take to one's heels, take to the hills, tear off, turn tail, vamoose
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. Probably either:
2. * a clipping of scramble by apocope; or
3. * from dialectal German schramm, the imperative singular form of schrammen (“to scratch, scrape”), from Late Middle High German schramm, schramme (“a graze, scratch”); further etymology unknown.
Sample Sentences
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What are you kids doing on my lawn? Scram!
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Maybe when he found that Chet's jalopy was gone, he felt he'd better scram, and forgot the coat and hat. [1927, Franklin W. Dixon [pseudonym; Leslie McFarlane], “Rival Detectives”, in The Tower Treasure (The Hardy Boys; 1), New York, N.Y.: Grosset & Dunlap, published 1987 (2006 printing), →ISBN:]
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The boy who was playing glowered at the intruder and growled. "Well, scram Kibitzer; scram." [1935, Harry Carr, “So This is Los Angeles”, in Los Angeles, City of Dreams, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton-Century Company, →OCLC, page 241:]
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"Come on!" barked Harry. "Scram!" [1935 February 23, J. Lane Linklater, “The Signal: A Short Short Story”, in Fulton Oursler, editor, Liberty, volume 12, number 8, New York, N.Y.: Liberty Publishing, →OCLC, page 35, column 2:]
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Jus' go on like we was gonna buck barley the rest of our lives, then all of a sudden some day we'll go get our pay an' scram outta here. [1937, John Steinbeck, Of Mice and Men, New York, N.Y.: Penguin Books, published 1994, →ISBN:]
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"You scram out of here!" she admonished me fiercely. "Get out, or I'll scream so loud I'll wake the whole house up! You—you Peeping Tom!" [1943, Hans Natonek, “The Affair of the Semi-private Bathroom”, in Barthold Fles, transl., edited by Sugden Tilley, In Search of Myself, New York, N.Y.: G[eorge] P[almer] Putnam’s Sons, part 2 (The Year before the Decision), page 89:]
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One day he packs in here with a new convertible, tells me he's moving out and scrams. Never give me a dime. [1950, Mickey Spillane, My Gun is Quick, New York, N.Y.: Signet, New American Library, published 2014, →ISBN:]
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George was going to Haiti and he knew Lee would feel that the one man who took an interest in him was scramming out the door. [1988, Don DeLillo, Libra, New York, N.Y.: Penguin Books, published 2006, →ISBN:]
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[T]wo vampires had picked up the guy who needed a new face, and they scrammed. [2005 July, MaryJanice Davidson, chapter 28, in Undead and Unappreciated (Berkley Sensation), mass-market edition, New York, N.Y.: Berkley Books, published December 2005, →ISBN, page 225:]
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Then he scrammed on the family and that was that. [2015, David Spade, Almost Interesting: The Memoir, HarperCollins, →ISBN:]