Scarper flow

Scarper Flow

Meaning

Cockney rhyming slang for go.

Examples

The police are on there way. With your record they are bound to think the fight was your fault – you’d better scarper before they get here.

Where did it originate?

Britain.

Where is it used?

Mostly Britain.

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