bunk off

bunk off
verb
play truant from work or school
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The boy often plays hooky

Syn: ↑play hooky
Usage Domain:
slang, ↑cant, ↑jargon, ↑lingo, ↑argot, ↑patois, ↑vernacular
Hypernyms: ↑cut, ↑skip
Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s

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ˌbunk ˈoff [intransitive/transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they bunk off he/she/it bunks off present participle bunking off past tense bunked off past participle bunked off] british informal phrasal verb
to not go to school or work when you do not have a good reason for staying away

Lee’s been suspended for bunking off school.

Thesaurus: attendance and non-attendance at school or universityhyponym
Main entry: bunk

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bunk off [phrasal verb]
bunk off or bunk off (something) Brit, informal : to not go to (school, work, etc.)

We used to bunk off school as kids.

: to leave early from school, work, etc.

He bunked off early last Friday.

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Main Entry:bunk

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ˌbunk ˈoff | ˌbunk off ˈschool/ˈwork derived
(BrE, informal) to stay away from school or work when you should be there; to leave school or work early
Syn: skive, Syn:play truant

I'm going to bunk off this afternoon.

She had bunked off work all week.

Main entry:bunkderived

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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