play hooky
Example Sentences
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Asked how it felt to suddenly become a Drifter, Mr. Thomas told Mr. Goldberg: “As a kid, I used to play hooky to see the Drifters at the Apollo. It felt good!”
From New York Times ● Feb. 6, 2023
The Salt Lake Chamber of Commerce is asking business owners to let their employees "play hooky" from work and step in as substitute teachers.
From Fox News ● Feb. 7, 2022
She joked that when she wants to play hooky, she can walk across the street from her office to enjoy a free concert.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 12, 2021
For many contemporary writers of fiction, The Novel looms balefully, a rigid school from which we should all be desperate to play hooky.
From The New Yorker ● Oct. 3, 2016
The street had to be roped off, the policemen had to keep the crowds back and children had to play hooky from school when there was a piano moving.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
