bunked off
Ditched without permission
Bunked off is the past tense of bunk off, British slang for skipping school or work without permission: We bunked off early and went to the arcade.
The phrase suggests casual truancy rather than serious delinquency—sneaking away for the afternoon rather than chronic absence.
- skippedWent past without stopping
- playing hookySkipping school secretly
- dodgedAvoided by quick movement
- truancyUnauthorized absence from school
- hookyUnauthorized school absence
absenteeism · absconded · malingering · mental health day · ditched · fled · ran away · shirked · deserted · defiance · wagging · rebellion · bailed · laziness · evaded · ducked · avoidance · slacking
conscientiousness
bunked offknuckled down
Began working earnestly
buckled down · applied oneself · toed the line · pulled one's weight · put in the work