absent oneself
phrase
as in skip
to fail to attend
She found a plausible excuse to absent herself from the gathering.
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“Absent oneself.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/absent%20oneself. Accessed 9 Jul. 2025.
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