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To break up a camp; to move away from a camping ground, usually by night or secretly.

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  1. v. i. To break up a camp; to move away from a camping ground, usually by night or secretly.
  2. v. i. Hence, to depart suddenly; to run away; -- generally used disparagingly.
  3. v. leave a camp
  4. v. run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along
  5. v. leave suddenly
  6. 1. To break up a camp; to move away from a camping ground, usually by night or secretly. Macaulay. 2. Hence, to depart suddenly; to run away; -- generally used disparagingly. The fathers were ordered to decamp, and the house was once again converted into a tavern. Goldsmith.
  7. v:100 v. leave a camp v. leave suddenly