skip out onsomeone/something
phrasal verbwithskipverbuk/skɪp/us/skɪp/-pp-
US
toavoiddoing something that you should do; toleavesomeone when they needyourhelp:
Heexplainedwhy heskippedout on aliveradioappearance.
Avoiding action
- abrogate
- abrogation
- avoid
- avoidsomethinglike the plagueidiom
- avoidance
- eschew
- evade
- evader
- evasion
- fiddle
- fiddle around
- fight shy ofidiom
- insure
- shirk
- short circuit
- shrink fromsomething
- shy away fromsomething
- sit onyourarseidiom
- steer
- welch