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

Here’s what dermatologists say about whether doing less actually helps your skin, who should try it and who should skip it. — Samantha Agate, Miami Herald, 26 Oct. 2026

Just curious if other high school teams have decided to skip it too. — Joe Kinsey Outkick, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2026

The cafe, inside the gift shop, offers simple snacks, coffee, and sandwiches—best to skip it and dine elsewhere in the area. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Oct. 2026

The ones who skip it typically find out the hard way how much invisible work the parent company’s infrastructure was doing for them. — Miki Kapoor, Forbes.com, 5 Oct. 2026

Rhymes for skip it

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