take to one's scrapers en · VERB
Meanings
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To run away.
‘I let out one yell tuh wake the dead and took to muh scrapers.’
1963, Ronald Hugh Morrieson, The Scarecrow, Text Classics, published 2012, page 145:He gave up the gold, and he took to his scrapers.
1842, Samuel Lover, Handy Andy, page 295:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| takes to one's scrapers | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| took to one's scrapers | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| taking to one's scrapers | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| taken to one's scrapers | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |