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skip school

skip school verb: synonym of play truant.

Verb

skip school (third-person singular simple present skips school, present participle skipping school, simple past and past participle skipped school)

  1. Synonym of play truant.
    Synonyms:
    play truant

Synonyms of skip school

Forms of skip school

third-person singular presentskips school
present participleskipping school
past participleskipped school
pastskipped school

Questions about skip school

What does skip school mean?
Skip school means synonym of play truant.
What part of speech is skip school?
Skip school is a verb.
What is the past tense of skip school?
The past tense of skip school is skipped school.

Words near skip school in the dictionary

  1. skip lorry
  2. skip out
  3. skip printing
  4. skip rope
  5. skip ropes
  6. skip school
  7. skip the line
  8. skip town
  9. skip tracer
  10. skip tracers
  11. skip tracing

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