play truant

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play truant

verb plays truant · playing truant · played truant

intransitive To be absent from school without permission. [S]ince I pluckt Geeſe, plaide Trevvant, and vvhipt Top, I knevv not vvhat 'tvvas to be beaten, till lately.
Similar: beak, bob, bug out, bump off, bunk, bunk off, cut class, dip, ditch, dob, dog, go on the hop

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verb to be absent from school without permission

한국어	결석(缺席)하다 gyeolseokhada
日本語	学校をサボる gakkō o saboru
中文	逃學 /逃学 táoxué, 曠課 /旷课 kuàngkè, 逃課 /逃课 táokè, 翹課 /翘课 qiàokè
Português	matar aula, cabular, faltar
Français	faire l'école buissonnière, sécher
Deutsch	die Schule schwänzen
Italiano	bigiare, marinare, segare
Ελληνικά	κάνω κοπάνα káno kopána
Română	chiuli, trage chiulul
Русский	прогу́ливать progúlivatʹ, прогуля́ть proguljátʹ
Tiếng Việt	trốn học, sủi
العربية	تَسَرَّبَ tasarraba
עברית	הבריז hivriz

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@misc{play_truant_2026,
  title = {play truant},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/play%20truant},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}