skip town
Example Sentences
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Connecticut-Iona will get the most first-round attention because the Huskies are four-time past champions and because 70-year-old Rick Pitino is getting ready to skip town on the Gaels, probably for St. John’s.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 12, 2023
This gets Charlie in the kind of trouble that leads her to skip town and abandon her old life after she catches someone powerful in a lie.
From Salon ● Jan. 25, 2023
Before you skip town, be sure to hop aboard a glass-bottom boat voyage.
From Fox News ● Oct. 14, 2021
Several committee members were hoping to skip town for the weekend, and there were planes to catch.
From New York Times ● Dec. 12, 2019
If he thought they’d whip his runners, he’d fork over the forfeit fees and skip town, often “forgetting” to pay his hotel bill on the way out.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
