ducks out

Verb

duck out (third-person singular simple present ducks out, present participle ducking out, simple past and past participle ducked out)

1. (idiomatic, intransitive) To depart quickly or exit abruptly, especially in a manner which does not attract notice and before a meeting, event, etc. has concluded.
   • Wile they was still talking along these lines, the orchestra begin to drool a Perfect Day, so I ducked out on the porch for air.1921, Ring Lardner, Sr., chapter 4, in The Big Town
2. (idiomatic, transitive) To depart quickly or exit abruptly by way of, especially in a manner which does not attract notice and before a meeting, event, etc. has concluded.
   • The four-term Democrat, known to critics as "King Kevin" and "Mayor De Luxe," has been threatened with recall petitions and recently ducked out the back door of a restaurant to avoid picketers.1981 June 15, “Copious Coping: How Other Mayors Fare”, in Time
3. (idiomatic, intransitive) To move or act so as to achieve avoidance, escape, or evasion.
   • In the one moment he saw his opponent ducking out of his field of vision and the background of white, watching faces; in the next moment he again saw his opponent and the background of faces.1911, Jack London, “A Piece of Steak”, in When God Laughs and Other Stories
4. (slang, transitive) To avoid a debt; to skip out on a bill.