skips town
Leaves without notice
To skip town is to leave a place suddenly, usually to avoid trouble—debts, legal problems, angry people, or awkward situations.
The phrase implies fleeing rather than simply moving: He skipped town before the cops could question him.
She skipped town after the scandal broke.
Sometimes used more casually for any abrupt departure.
- abscondsEscapes secretly, often guiltily
- departsGoes away from
- decampsDeparts hastily, often secretly
- rabbitLong-eared lagomorph
- run offDepart suddenly or duplicate
make a run for it · sneak away · flee · evade · cut and run · abandon · desert · fly the coop · dodge · on the lam · escape · elope · shirk · fugitive · bolt · vanish · suspicion · retreat
skips townstays put
Remains in place
settles down · puts down roots · stays · remains · sticks around
skips townfaces the music
Accepts deserved consequences
stands one's ground · stands trial · owns up · surrenders · pays the piper
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