He apparently has skedaddled, but after making such a speech as he made he should have stayed to hear the reply.
What will be done about men who have skedaddled?
They came part of the way, but it is a sad and wretched spectacle to see them skedaddling back along the road as fast as they do now.
Suppose that the young man skedaddles abroad and does not take any action—even if there is a policy in force—to see that compensation is paid by the insurance company.
He was scuttled, and he skedaddled.
They lost hundreds of men as prisoners in what was called a wild skedaddle.