[Ads-l] "went skedaddle"

[Jonathan Lighter]

Odd construction to me:

https://www.yahoo.com/news/off-rails-trumps-ramble-middle-090059999.html

He described the B-2 bombers that flew to Iran for last month’s attack,
saying they “went skedaddle” and then tried to define the word “skedaddle.”

“Do you know the word skedaddle?” he asked. “It means skedaddle.”
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