skip out
phrasal verb
skipped out; skipping out; skips out
US, informal
: to leave a place quickly in a secret and improper way
They skipped out before the check arrived.
She skipped out with all the money.
—often + onThey skipped out on the check.
She skipped out on me and took all the money.
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But despite the increasing popularity of events like trunk-or-treating, don't skip out on good old-fashioned trick-or-treating.
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Endia Fontanez, AZCentral.com, 24 Oct. 2025
When looking further out, Amazon could skip out on hiring 600,000 workers by 2023, according to the Times, which reported on internal documents from the Big Tech firm.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 23 Oct. 2025
The indelible smell lingered — to the point of me thinking of skipping out on my perfume du jour.
—Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 15 Oct. 2025
The family got all glammed up for holiday photos — though Blossom skipped out.
—Brendan Le, PEOPLE, 11 Oct. 2025
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Endia Fontanez, AZCentral.com, 24 Oct. 2025
When looking further out, Amazon could skip out on hiring 600,000 workers by 2023, according to the Times, which reported on internal documents from the Big Tech firm.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 23 Oct. 2025
The indelible smell lingered — to the point of me thinking of skipping out on my perfume du jour.
—Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 15 Oct. 2025
The family got all glammed up for holiday photos — though Blossom skipped out.
—Brendan Le, PEOPLE, 11 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for skip out
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“Skip out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/skip%20out. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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