scamper
9.show a clean pair of heels; beat it as fast as one can; immediately take to one's heels; make the best use of one's legs; start running away at once; take to one's legs as fast as one can; turn and scamper off;
10.I say “mostly” because there invariably comes a time when the keen-as-mustard brigade want to scamper up another escarpment, while my inclination is to follow the low road where one is more likely to encounter the locals.
