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skip out

Idioms  
  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]


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"If you auditioned for the play, then you got to skip out math class," he recalled.

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026

I’ve seen it in the bold bets self-proclaimed degen traders are making and in the Silicon Valley founders who skip out on sleep and a social life.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 8, 2026

Perhaps young Jerry will skip out after a year — just like his boss does so often.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 3, 2026

India had to skip out of Fraley’s way.

From Washington Times ● Jul. 18, 2023

Normally it would make him self-conscious, enough that he’d skip out of lunch and go sit in an empty hallway.

From "We'll Fly Away" by Bryan Bliss

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