skip out

phrasal verb

skipped out; skipping out; skips out
US, informal
: to leave a place quickly in a secret and improper way
They skipped out before the check arrived.
She skipped out with all the money.
often + on
They skipped out on the check.
She skipped out on me and took all the money.

Examples of skip out in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Currently marked down to less than $1 from its original $8.99 price, the service is a steal that’s not worth skipping out on. Melissa Epifano, Peoplemag, 14 July 2024 Listen to this article Swedish investigators plan to reopen an $8,000 (82,000 krona) dine-and-dash case involving 35 people accused of eating and drinking at a restaurant in the southern city of Malmö on Christmas Day, before jumping into several taxis and skipping out on the bill. Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 11 Jan. 2024 The justices, in other words, can look forward to missing their children’s basketball games, skipping out on date nights with their spouses, and not really doing much of anything at all besides deciding the crushing weight of cases that are about to land on their desks. Ian Millhiser, Vox, 28 June 2024 Don’t skip out on Kosas’ newest arrival, its powder blush. Katie Decker-Jacoby, StyleCaster, 18 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for skip out 

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“Skip out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/skip%20out. Accessed 26 Jul. 2024.

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