absenting oneself

phrase

present participle of absent oneself
as in skipping
to fail to attend She found a plausible excuse to absent herself from the gathering.

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“Absenting oneself.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/absenting%20oneself. Accessed 13 Oct. 2024.

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