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Break camp   /breɪk kæmp/   Listen
Break camp

verb
1.
Leave a camp.  Synonym: decamp.






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"Break camp" Quotes from Famous Books



... toward snow time, when the big log cabin the lads hoped to build would be well on its way toward completion. Then, too, these structures could be left in the woods and would always be ready for the boys, whereas if they used their tents they would have to make and break camp every Saturday. The Assistant Scoutmaster also made out lists of provisions, clothes and equipment for the boys and they spent a busy evening getting everything together and in shape for an early ...
— The Boy Scout Fire Fighters • Irving Crump

... a great sacrifice of Smith's personal desires, to be one of the re-discoverers of the falls, to the interests of the expedition, and it involved a great deal of hard work, for, after paddling and rowing all day, he had to build and break camp every night and morning, as Young's hand grew steadily worse and was all he could attend to. At the mouth of the river, which was reached in shorter time than was expected, and without accident, Young obtained some relief from applications ...
— Bowdoin Boys in Labrador • Jonathan Prince (Jr.) Cilley



Words linked to "Break camp" :   depart, quit, decamp, take leave



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