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Meanings of skipping school in English

Portuguese
absenteísmo escolar
Spanish
absentismo escolar
Catalan
absentisme escolar
Wikidata

Unexcused absence from school.

absenteísmo escolar
Usage of skipping school in English
1
She sighed, realizing she hadn't answered her mom's question about skipping school.
The Good Girls
2
One in six said their children were skipping school to work for food.
The Irish Times
3
You heard everything I said-childrenforced to steal, wearing bruises, skipping school .
In every heartbeat
4
Rosie's also been skipping school, though not in order to watch movies downtown.
Your sad eyes and unforgettable mouth
5
Two teenaged boys skipping school had snuck into the house and found the body.
Dearly Devoted Dexter
6
Hundreds of young people skipping school, and spending their time, some of them, committing crime.
Radio NZ
7
The Act Party wants parents to face tougher penalties if their children are skipping school.
Radio NZ
8
How to keep a girl from skipping school, marrying?
Reuters
9
Kaori started complaining of headaches and skipping school, and in the end they took her to hospital.
Evil and the Mask
10
They also demanded to meet the Prime Minister, who has previously criticised students for skipping school to protest.
News.com.au
11
Maybe skipping school that day hadn't been the smartest move, but sometimes the twins could be so persuasive.
The mighty quinns: liam
12
This wasn't just about skipping school.
A necessary evil
13
Taita College was chosen because students were not using the canteen, and were skipping school to buy food elsewhere.
Radio NZ
14
He's apt to go nuclear at the thought of Barbara skipping school, and he'll assume that's what she's doing.
End of Watch
15
Here they'd just survived an attack by a knife-wielding maniac, and Judy was worried about getting caught skipping school.
The Dreaming Place
16
He'd spent his early days skipping school, playing rugby and making friends laugh with improvised sketches during post-match drinks.
The Guardian
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