skip out

1. Leave hastily, abscond, as in They just skipped out of town. It is also put as skip out on, meaning “desert, abandon” as in He skipped out on his wife, leaving her with the four children. [Colloquial; second half of 1800s]

Example Sentences

In truth, there’s no evidence that supplanting a cash bail system with alternatives such as giving judges more leeway to assess the likelihood that defendants will skip out on their court dates contributes to crime rates.

From Los Angeles Times

Naturally, a lot of those people skip out altogether to catch their flights.

From Slate

If coaches can skip out after a season with no retribution, why can’t the players?

From Los Angeles Times

He convinced the then-Georgia receiver to skip out on a planned hunting trip.

From Los Angeles Times

The lower visibility and salience of state-level elections give voters with stricter preferences on abortion policy a leg up in deciding policy because voters who don't pay as much attention skip out on the polls, she explained.

From Salon

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