absent oneself

idiom

formal
: to go or stay away from something
He absented himself from the meeting.

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“Absent oneself.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/absent%20oneself. Accessed 14 Oct. 2024.

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