"skurry away" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: skurries away [present, singular, third-person], skurrying away [participle, present], skurried away [participle, past], skurried away [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} skurry away (third-person singular simple present skurries away, present participle skurrying away, simple past and past participle skurried away)
  1. Dated spelling of scurry away.

Inflected forms

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