vamoose

verb

Etymology: Alteration of Spanish vamos (“we go”) or vámonos (“let's go”). Doublet of namous.

1. To run away (from); to flee.

   “Speaking of the room in which I locked McIndoe — I will preface by saying that Mac "vamoosed that ranch" that very day and left me alone.”

   ““Gone away,” explained Mr. MacBride. “Vamoosed. Done a bunk. Skipped with the cash.[…]””

2. To depart; go away.

   “You can vamoose now—no question of having to get me out. We've arranged for messages.”

3. To hurry.

   “Some members of civil rights organizations present said they have heard that Negroes seeking housing in the [sundown] towns had been intimidated and that 'vamoose' warnings have been in vogue for the past year.”

   “He's got a wife who'll never give him a divorce. She knows about me, but it's still understood that when she decides to go to the ranch for a week or a weekend, I've got to vamoose.”