missing school
Absent from lessons
Missing school means being absent from classes, whether through illness, choice, or circumstance: She's been missing school a lot lately.
The phrase can also express nostalgia for one's student days: I've been missing school since I graduated.
Context usually makes the meaning clear.
- truantUnauthorized school no-show
- absentNot in attendance
- skippingRhythmic hopping locomotion
- hookyUnauthorized school absence
- ditchingHastily discarding something
sick day · mental health day · faking · excuse · doctor's note · tardy · cutting class · playing hooky · senior skip day · suspension · absence · homework · detention · principal · falling behind · nurse · stay home · fever
- truancytruancy, skipping class, cutting class, playing hooky, hooky
- school attendanceattendance, absence, absences, truancy, tardy
- attendanceattendance, present, absent, here, attendance sheet