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Meanings of scram in English

Portuguese
saia daqui

Leave immediately; used usually in the imperative form.

        saia daqui
        Russian
        аз-5
        Spanish
        scram

        Emergency shutdown of a nuclear reactor.

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              аз-5
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              Usage of scram in English
              1
              I think my vocal style is just what I could scram together.
              The Guardian
              2
              The pitchman's scowl was a menace; his voice bitter: Go on, scram.
              The Glory of Ippling
              3
              Or grab my piggie bank and scram before he got that too.
              Nothing in her way
              4
              Let's do what we came to do and scram out of here.
              Tom Swift and The Visitor from Planet X
              5
              I lifted up my hands in panic and directed my feet to scram.
              Super Sad True Love Story: A Novel
              6
              Couldn't the good men just tell the evil ones to scram?
              Escape
              7
              Now scram, Jimmy James and I got business to talk over.
              The Fourth "R"
              8
              It fell to the ground limply, but the next moment scram-bled to its feet.
              Complete Books of Blood
              9
              Now scram, or else.... He doubled his fists and took a step toward Hanlon.
              Man of Many Minds
              10
              Go on, scram-beforeI toss you out in the snow!
              Badge of Infamy
              11
              All we do is post a lookout and scram if a patrol car shows up.
              Funland
              12
              Kari told Brian to scram tonight, so he called me to go grab a bite.
              Calamity jayne
              13
              Instead, I gave Nova's brother the "scram" glare, which cleared the room nicely.
              Heaven's Queen
              14
              One of the men caught sight of him and said, "Hey kid, scram!"
              The Fourth "R"
              15
              I told the young boy to scram, as he had nobly fulfilled his commitment to me.
              My horizontal life: a collection of one-night stands
              16
              When I hear the third one, I scram.
              A touch of death
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              Spanish
              scram
              Scram through the time