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off or away or out, take to the road, take one's leave, check<br />

out, disappear, vanish, evaporate, Jocular toddle off,<br />

Imperative Begone!, Colloq beat it, scram, shove off, make<br />

oneself scarce, Brit scarper, US hit the road, be out of<br />

(someplace), Slang split, Imperative get lost, US cut (on) out,<br />

vamoose, take a (run-out) powder, lam (on) out, take it on the<br />

lam, Brit do a moonlight flit, Usually imperative bugger off,<br />

buzz off , Taboo, imperative fuck off: Our bags are packed and<br />

we depart at noon. 2 Often, depart from. deviate (from),<br />

change, diverge (from), turn (aside or away) (from), differ<br />

(from), vary (from), break away (from), leave, abandon, stray<br />

(from), veer (from): She refused to depart from established<br />

practices.<br />

department<br />

n. 1 division, subdivision, branch, office, bureau, section,<br />

segment, unit, part: Some departments are in another building.<br />

2 responsibility, concern, worry, sphere, bailiwick,<br />

jurisdiction, domain, control, area or sphere of influence or<br />

activity: He was only responsible for the launch of the<br />

missiles - where they came down was not his department.<br />

depend v. 1 depend (on or upon). be contingent or dependent or<br />

conditional on, turn on, hinge on, pivot on, hang on, be subject<br />

to, rest on, be influenced or determined or conditioned by: The<br />

plans for our picnic depend on the weather. 2 depend on or<br />

upon. trust (in), rely on, count on, reckon on, bank on, be sure<br />

of, put one's faith or trust in: I knew we could depend on you,<br />

Giles, to do the right thing.<br />

deplorable<br />

adj. 1 lamentable, regrettable, sad, woeful, grievous,<br />

wretched, miserable, unfortunate, awful, distressing,<br />

disturbing, troubling, upsetting, grave, serious, oppressive,<br />

difficult, desperate, hopeless, tragic, disastrous: Orphaned at<br />

six, he had a deplorable childhood. 2 shameful, disgraceful,<br />

scandalous, disreputable, awful, bad, appalling, dreadful,<br />

abominable, execrable, terrible, reprehensible: What did you<br />

think of Annie's deplorable behaviour at last week's dance?<br />

That's a deplorable painting.<br />

deposit v. 1 place, leave, set or put or lay (down), drop, Colloq US<br />

plunk down: You are requested to deposit litter in the bin. 2

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