skipping town
Leaving before consequences
When you skip town, you leave without telling anyone and probably without planning to come back.
The reason is usually to avoid something unpleasant, like arrest or prosecution, or some personal responsibility.
- runawayOne who flees
- hightailDepart with urgency
- deserterOne who abandons duty
- cashReady spending funds
- elopingSecretly marrying away
escape · fugitive · ticket · on the lam · vanish · cutting ties · burn bridges · flee · evade · absconding · legal repercussions · fresh start · start over · new identity · witness protection · elude · depart · disappear
- leavingdeparture, quit, walking away, withdrawing, bail
skipping townstaying put
Remaining in place
facing the music · standing one's ground · remaining · sticking around · taking one's medicine
skipping townfacing the music
Accepting responsibility for actions
owning up · taking responsibility · standing trial · coming clean · stepping up
skipping townstaying put
Remaining in place
settling down · remaining · staying · returning · arriving
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