piked (out or off)

verb

past tense of pike (out or off)
as in exited
to leave a place often for another early next morning the aloof guest just piked out without saying a word

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for piked (out or off)
  1. exited
  2. moved
  3. departed
  4. cut out
  5. bailed out
  6. got
  7. ran along
  8. peeled off
Verb
  • The autopsy also found that a gunshot wound entered Wiley on the right side of his chest and exited on the left side of his chest, Crump said.
    — Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 2 July 2026
  • Getty Images Two more players have exited the FC Barcelona first team fold with the start of a new month.
    — Tom Sanderson, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
Definition of exited
Verb
  • Kaskaskia’s dwindling number of citizens moved inland, to the center of the island.
    — Andrew Carter, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2026
  • But when McGinley was a teen-ager, Michael became sick with AIDS and moved home to New Jersey.
    — Chris Wiley, New Yorker, 4 July 2026
Definition of moved
Verb
  • The Netherlands team departed Kansas City early Wednesday, after losing their Round of 32 match, and Algeria officially left Lawrence, even though the team has yet to play its knockout match.
    — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 2 July 2026
  • Barcelona views Alvarez as their primary target to fill the void left by Robert Lewandowski, who recently departed for Chicago Fire.
    — Tom Sanderson, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
Definition of departed
Verb
  • This was the case for Morocco’s opener, where Casemiro had eyes on two players at once while his team-mates failed to cut out the pass ahead of him.
    — Mark Carey, New York Times, 6 July 2026
  • This show could use flexibility in runtimes to cut out the fluff.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 5 July 2026
Definition of cut out
Verb
  • Thibaut Courtois bailed out his defence when needed with a couple of reflex saves, too.
    — Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 5 July 2026
  • Hedge fund Long-Term Capital Management was bailed out in 1998.
    — Marty Steinberg, CNBC, 22 June 2026
Definition of bailed out
Verb
  • Three players who logged heavy minutes in the two previous games -- Vlad Goldin, Jahmir Young and Trevor Keels -- got the night off.
    — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 7 July 2026
  • And the Dodgers got another shot, with Pages on second to start the inning.
    — Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2026
Definition of got
Verb
  • This fat line fed a series of narrower pipes in the tower, which ran along the corners of every floor, wall, and ceiling, and were perforated to spray gas into the rooms.
    — Will Mackin, New Yorker, 28 June 2026
  • Beneath the bridge, on both sides of the narrow waterway, a wide trail ran along the lake.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 June 2026
Definition of ran along
Verb
  • The federal government won't seek a new company to repair the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool after the water turned green with algae earlier this summer and the blue liner along its base peeled off in chunks.
    — Erin Mansfield, USA Today, 6 July 2026
  • The school’s windows were cracked, some shattered, while the roof had peeled off in places.
    — Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 13 June 2026
Definition of peeled off
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