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SKIP TOWN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does skip town mean?
• SKIP TOWN (verb)
The verb SKIP TOWN has 1 sense:
1. disappear without notifying anyone (idiom)
Familiarity information: SKIP TOWN used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Disappear without notifying anyone (idiom)
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
skip town; take a powder
Hypernyms (to "skip town" is one way to...):
disappear; go away; vanish (get lost, as without warning or explanation)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
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