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"scuttle off" is a correct and usable part of a sentence in written English.
It is an informal phrase that means to move quickly away from something or someone. An example sentence could be, "The dog, frightened by the loud sound, scurried off before anyone had time to react."
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Villa scuttle off, remaining in 12th for now.
It's a rational mousetrap into which subsidiary characters rush with little droppings of information and then scuttle off.
Now Jamie Vardy is unavailable to scuttle off the bench and provide options for England, who might step up?
A team with its back against the wall would always accept the offer to scuttle off the field, whether they felt at risk or not.
On a less truthful note, he passed himself off as the guesthouse owner, only to scuttle off when we arrived at reception.
A safety-first splash out, though for a minute it looks like the ball's going to topple back and scuttle off down Stenson Street.
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The miniature human scuttled off.
As I drifted closer, it scuttled off.
The terrified tourists scuttled off while we roared with laughter.
In Charleston Road Francie scuttled off, not saying good night.
We scuttled off to the dressing rooms, with stacks of loot.
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