Start to scarper, fly, go off and leg it (9)
I believe the answer is:
skedaddle
'leg it' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both to do with motion as well as being verbs in their base form.
Perhaps you can see a link between them that I can't see?
'start to scarper fly go off' is the wordplay.
'start to' indicates taking the first letters.
'fly' becomes 'ked' (type of parasitic fly).
'go off' becomes 'addle' (eg an egg might addle).
The first letter of 'scarper' is 's'.
's'+'ked'+'addle'='SKEDADDLE'
'and' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for skedaddle that I've seen before include "fly" , "Scarper" , "run away" , "Get out of town!" , "Scurry off" .)