skip out
Leave without notice
Skip out means to leave hastily or secretly, typically to avoid responsibility or obligation.
Someone who skips out on a bill leaves without paying.
You might skip out on a meeting you don't want to attend, or skip out of work early.
He skipped out on his rent and disappeared.
The phrase implies evasion—ducking something you owe or promised.
- abscondFlee to avoid capture
- take offBegin flight, depart
- cut and runAbandon situation hastily
- vanishCease to be visible
- fleeDepart swiftly from threat
decamp · bolt · do a runner · shirk · sneak away · evade · escape · make a break for it · leave · welch · dine and dash · forsake · default · split · disappearing act · leave in the lurch · get away · exit
skip outstay
Remain in position
remain · stick around · show up · attend · be present
skip outpay up
Settle a debt
settle up · follow through · fulfill · own up · face the music
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