scuttle
(NAUTICAL, NAVAL) écoutille f
coal scuttle seau m (à charbon)
(=scupper)
[+ship] saborder
[+plans, proposals, hopes] abandonner
vi
(=scamper) détaler, s'enfuir à toutes jambes → They scuttle around like sewer rats.
coal scuttle
n (mainly British) seau m à charbon
▲
scuttle away , scuttle off
vi s'enfuir à toutes jambes, détaler
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