play hooky

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play hooky - play truant from work or school; "The boy often plays hooky"

bunk off

jargon, lingo, patois, argot, vernacular, slang, cant - a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves); "they don't speak our lingo"

skip, cut - intentionally fail to attend; "cut class"

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play hooky → يِتغَيب jít za školu pjække schwänzen κάνω σκασιαρχείο dejar de asistir, hacer novillos lintsata faire l’école buissonnière izostajati sa satova marinare la scuola サボる 무단결석하다 spijbelen skulke wagarować faltar à aula, matar aula прогуливать skolka หนีโรงเรียน okuldan kaçmak trốn học 逃学

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