duck out
Exit without notice
To duck out is to leave quietly or quickly, often to avoid something: I'm going to duck out of the meeting early.
The phrase suggests slipping away without fanfare or formal departure—ducking through a door before anyone notices.
You might duck out of a commitment, a conversation, or an event that's dragging on.
slip away
Depart without detection
- exitWay to leave
- departLeave a place
- make oneself scarceDepart to avoid notice
slip off · take off · disappear · vanish · withdraw · escape · bolt · skedaddle · vamoose · steal away
avoid
Stay away from
presence and participation
duck outstay
Remain in position
remain · stick around · hang in there · stay put · show up
commitment and responsibility
duck outfollow through
Complete an intended action
see it through · step up · own up · face up to · take responsibility