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Pronunciation / Transliteration: fer-shvin-den
"Er sagte den Kindern, sie sollten verschwinden."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
To leave or go away hastily, often immediately and under pressure or duress.
"The security guard told the teenagers to scram before he called the police."
- 1
An emergency shutdown of a nuclear reactor.
"The operators initiated a manual scram when the temperature readings spiked."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Originating in early 20th-century American English, 'scram' is likely an alteration or back-formation of 'scramble', meaning to scramble away or climb down hastily. It gained widespread usage in slang during the 1920s, often used as an abrupt imperative command to leave a place immediately.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Scram" is said worldwide
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se filer
Transliteration: suh fee-lay
"Il a fallu qu'on se file rapidement."
verschwinden
Transliteration: fer-shvin-den
"Er sagte den Kindern, sie sollten verschwinden."
filare
Transliteration: fee-lah-reh
"È ora di filare da qui."
largarse
Transliteration: lar-gar-seh
"Nos dijeron que debíamos largarnos inmediatamente."
dar o fora
Transliteration: dar oo for-ah
"É melhor darmos o fora daqui."
भाग जाना
Transliteration: bhaag jaana
"पुलिस को आते देख वे वहाँ से भाग गए।"
滚开
Transliteration: gǔn kāi
"保安叫他们赶紧滚开。"
꺼지다
Transliteration: kkeojida
"그들은 여기서 당장 꺼지라는 말을 들었다."
失せる
Transliteration: useru
"さっさとここから失せろ。"
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