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skip town en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (informal) To abscond from one's place of residence suddenly, without warning.
    • We have just seen a feckless House of Representatives pass a ludicrous impeachment of a Cabinet secretary by one vote—and then skip town while avoiding a vote on aid to Ukraine. 2024 February 20, Eliot A. Cohen, “Solzhenitsyn’s Warning”, in The Atlantic, archived from the original on 21 Feb 2024:
    • The suspect skipped town when he found out the police were going to raid his apartment.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
skipping town Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
skipped town Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
skipped town Tense=Past lexicographic
skips town Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Relateds

blow town

Translations (9)

de die Kurve kratzen (abscond from one's place of residence suddenly) · cmn 跑路 (abscond from one's place of residence suddenly) · cmn 潛逃 /潜逃 (abscond from one's place of residence suddenly) · fi vaihtaa maisemaa (abscond from one's place of residence suddenly) · cmn 逃匿 (abscond from one's place of residence suddenly) · cmn 跑掉 (abscond from one's place of residence suddenly) · de sich aus dem Staub machen (abscond from one's place of residence suddenly) · de von der Bildfläche verschwinden (abscond from one's place of residence suddenly) · de das Weite suchen (abscond from one's place of residence suddenly)