play hooky
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play hooky
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See hooky for its origin; the construction of the phrase is in the same vein as play truant.
verb plays hooky · playing hooky · played hooky · play hookey · play hookie
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To play truant; to avoid (informally: skip) school, work, or other duties (stay away from these without permission nor an excuse); to skive or to bunk off (UK);
Plenty of people played hooky from work to go see the movie on opening day.
Similar: play truant
Translations
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verb to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse
| 한국어 | 땡땡이치다 ttaengttaeng'ichida |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 逃學 /逃学 táoxué, 曠課 /旷课 kuàngkè, 逃課 /逃课 táokè |
| Português | matar aula, cabular aula, cabular, gazetear, gazear |
| Français | faire l'école buissonnière, faire le mur |
| Deutsch | schwänzen, blaumachen |
| Italiano | bigiare, marinare la scuola |
| Ελληνικά | κάνω κοπάνα káno kopána |
| Română | chiuli, trage chiulul |
| Русский | прогу́ливать progúlivatʹ, прогуля́ть proguljátʹ |
| עברית | הִתְפַּרְפֵּר hitparpér |
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