on the scoot

prepositional phrase

On a drinking spree; on a bender.

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Meanings

prepositional phrase
  1. AustraliaNew ZealandOn a drinking spree; on a bender.

    [H]e wore a collar and tie and had a gold watch, but when he got on the scoot he gravitated to characters like Athol C. Cudby and they stayed on the booze together for days.

    1963, Ronald Hugh Morrieson, The Scarecrow, Text Classics, published 2012, page 19
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APA

on the scoot. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/on%20the%20scoot

MLA

“on the scoot.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/on%20the%20scoot. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “on the scoot,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/on%20the%20scoot.

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