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Meanings of skip town in English

Portuguese
desaparecer
Catalan
desaparèixer
Spanish
esfumarse

Disappear without notifying anyone (idiom)

desaparecer
Synonyms
Examples for "take a powder"
Examples for "take a powder"
1
I wouldn't ask mich to take a powder on you, right now.
Mildred Pierce
2
My partner asked if it was cool to take a powder break.
World war z: an oral history of the zombie war
3
Burn it up or blow it away, then just take a powder.
IT
4
Jennie flashed her fed creds and asked the duo to take a powder.
The President's Assassin
5
You'll just about have time to take a powder before the police get here.
The Case of the Gold-Digger’s Purse
Usage of skip town in English
1
At the same time, someone planning to skip town couldn't afford to be sentimental.
Watch them die
2
And don't try and skip town again or you're next.
The Lying Game
3
Would her mother conspire to help her daughter skip town?
To catch a thief
4
The bond's purpose was to make it economically unpleasant for the suspect to skip town.
Three to get deadly and four to score
5
They offer salvation at a cut rate, take what they can get and skip town.
Immortality Inc.
6
It would be smarter for you to skip town.
Small favor
7
I don't have time to skip town.
Cold Days
8
Why wouldn't he skip town?
Killer
9
I just hoped when he learned the police were going to conduct an interrogation that he wouldn't try to skip town.
Pasta Imperfect
10
Ross half expected him to skip town again-buthe'd been waiting on the steps of the police station when Ross had arrived.
Second glance
11
She decided to skip town in mid 2009, when she resigned as governor, and it's unlikely anyone will ever know exactly why she did so.
The Guardian
12
And if you want to borrow anything it's extra and you'll have to put down a deposit in case you wreck something or skip town.
Snapped
13
I hope it goes without saying that you shouldn't think about skipping town.
Seven Minutes in Heaven
14
I don't know, but something tells me Cedric the Manipulator already skipped town.
Ebony
15
In 1883, Andrews skipped town, leaving the publication to its creditors.
The new yorker
16
The foreman told him you and your partner had gone bankrupt and skipped town.
Mistress of the game
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Translations for skip town
Portuguese
desaparecer
Skip town across language varieties
United States of America
Common