vamo(o)se

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | 148 words | Copyright

vamo(o)se to make off, decamp. XIX (orig. U.S.). — Sp. vamos let us go:- L. vādāmus 1st pers. pl. pres. subj. of vādere go.

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