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Definition of scram verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

scram

verb
 
/skræm/
 
/skræm/
[intransitive] (old-fashioned, informal) usually used in orders
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they scram
 
/skræm/
 
/skræm/
he / she / it scrams
 
/skræmz/
 
/skræmz/
past simple scrammed
 
/skræmd/
 
/skræmd/
past participle scrammed
 
/skræmd/
 
/skræmd/
-ing form scramming
 
/ˈskræmɪŋ/
 
/ˈskræmɪŋ/
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  1. to go away quickly
    • Scram! I don't want you here.
    Word Originearly 20th cent.: probably from the verb scramble.
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