skip it

phrase

chiefly US, informal

—used to say that one does not want to do something, talk about something, etc.

I meant to … oh, skip it. It's not important anyway.

Examples of skip it in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Estate planning is the cleanest example, because the people who skip it will tell you exactly why. — Clarissa Windham-Bradstock, Forbes.com, 28 Sep. 2026

Lactose-free versions exist, but anyone with a milk allergy or casein sensitivity should skip it entirely. — Ryan Brennan, Kansas City Star, 22 Sep. 2026

Many people may only be willing to pay less for a home with a pool—or skip it entirely. — Angelika Pokovba, Martha Stewart, 16 Sep. 2026

In the next few weeks, hundreds of thousands of freshmen, many of them arriving without any family history of college at all, will decide whether to walk into a fraternity event or skip it. — Todd Buchanan, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Aug. 2026

Rhymes for skip it

• acquit
• admit
• armpit
• backlit
• befit
• cockpit
• commit
• dalit
• dendrite
• emit
• illite
• misfit