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dip out

dip out verb: to leave a place without informing anyone.

Verb

dip out (third-person singular simple present dips out, present participle dipping out, simple past and past participle dipped out)

  1. (informal) To leave a place without informing anyone.
  2. To miss out on seeing a bird, especially one that is rare or difficult to observe.
    • That was how I dipped out on a Tree Pipit! Which, of course, balanced up the stringy Hawfinch, so fair enough.1983, Bill Oddie, Gone Birding, London: Methuen, page 27

Forms of dip out

third-person singular presentdips out
present participledipping out
past participledipped out
pastdipped out

Questions about dip out

What does dip out mean?
Dip out means to leave a place without informing anyone.
What part of speech is dip out?
Dip out is a verb.
What is the past tense of dip out?
The past tense of dip out is dipped out.

Words near dip out in the dictionary

  1. dip one's finger in
  2. dip one's pen in someone's inkwell
  3. dip one's toe in
  4. dip one's toe in the water
  5. dip one's wick
  6. dip out
  7. dip pen
  8. dip pens
  9. dip sector
  10. dip sectors
  11. dip stitch

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