SKIP OUT Synonyms: 40 Similar and Opposite Words

skip (out)

verb

Definition of skip (out)

as in to get (away)

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Verb

The Rutgers game could get out of hand fast, as the team needs to win the game by seven touchdowns and extra points in order to cover the spread.

— OutKick, FOXNews.com, 25 Sep. 2026
But the ritual has increasingly gotten out of hand, culminating with someone hurling a chair into the crowd during the group’s performance last week in Charlotte, North Carolina, and reportedly sending one fan to the hospital.

— Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of get out

Verb

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

Verb

Deciding when to downsize is highly personal and contingent on your unique circumstances, and there is no right time to start clearing out your stuff and looking to the future.

— Louise Parks, Martha Stewart, 17 Sep. 2026
Save to wishlist Medicube Zero Pore Pads Plant extracts like cypress leaf and skullcap help balance oil and prevent future congestion, while willow bark extract and salicylic acid clear out dead skin and visibly tighten pores.

— Kiana Murden, Vogue, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of clear out

Verb

Others fled the country entirely to escape persecution and to find new work as the economy collapsed.

— Andrew Nachemson, The Dial, 22 Sep. 2026
This type of maritime migration is different from the once-common arrivals of rafts and other homemade vessels that Cubans are known to use to escape their homeland, and the overloaded freighters and sailboats used by people fleeing Haiti.

— David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of escape

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