to be a truant and stay away from school
1play truant — stay away from school, truant; Brit. informal skive (off), bunk off; Irish informal mitch (off); N. Amer. informal play hookey, goof off; …
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3play hooky — verb play truant from work or school The boy often plays hooky • Syn: ↑bunk off • Usage Domain: ↑slang, ↑cant, ↑jargon, ↑lingo, ↑argot, ↑ …
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5bunk off — verb play truant from work or school The boy often plays hooky • Syn: ↑play hooky • Usage Domain: ↑slang, ↑cant, ↑jargon, ↑lingo, ↑argot, ↑ …
6play — play1 W1S1 [pleı] v ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(children)¦ 2¦(sports/games)¦ 3¦(music)¦ 4¦(radio/cd etc)¦ 5¦(theatre/film)¦ 6 play a part/role 7 play ball 8¦(pretend)¦ 9¦(behave)¦ 10 play games …
7play — 1 /pleI/ verb 1 CHILDREN (I, T) when children play, they do things that they enjoy, often together or with toys: The children ran off to play on the beach. | play sth: The boys were playing soldiers. | I don t want to play that game! (+ with):… …
8hooky — ☆ hooky [hook′ē ] n. [prob. < Du hoeckje, hide and seek < MDu hoec (> Du hoek), corner (hence, to hide around a corner): see HOOK] used only in the phrase play hooky, to stay away from school without permission; be a truant Informal:… …
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