skip town

English

Verb

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

  1. (informal) To abscond from one's place of residence suddenly, without warning.
    The suspect skipped town when he found out the police were going to raid his apartment.

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