SKIP (OUT) Synonyms: 40 Similar and Opposite Words

skip (out)

verb

Definition of skip (out)

as in to get (away)

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But the driver did not comply with officers’ requests to get out of the vehicle.

— Jenny Jarvie Follow, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2026
Regarding the change of his arm angle, how much of it was deliberate versus being a product of mechanics getting out of whack?

— Will Sammon, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of get out

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At a museum in eastern France, two men disguised with wigs used a sledgehammer and a hammer to smash a display case and make off with a 2,500-year-old gold necklace.

— ABC News, ABC News, 10 Sep. 2026
The suspect in a 2022 homicide believed there was a large amount of currency hidden in a chicken stand on Foothill Boulevard, but killed a man only to make off with a paltry $110, according to police.

— Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of make off

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— Kiana Murden, Vogue, 8 Sep. 2026
Unfortunately, the team was non-competitive down the stretch, dropping their final five games by 23 or more points each after mid-season trades cleared out key stars.

— David Troy OutKick, FOXNews.com, 7 Sep. 2026

Definition of clear out

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Smith, too, struggled to escape the clutches of a Burnley defence that saw Hjalmar Ekdal replace the tiring Igor midway through the second half.

— Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
Thieves broke into a museum devoted to the work of Pierre-Auguste Renoir in the South of France early this morning, making off with four paintings by the French Impressionist before dropping two in the garden in their haste to escape.

— News Desk, Artforum, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of escape

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