Thesaurus / skip
EXAMPLE SENTENCES FROM THE WEB
Well, though they do muster strong, we may make Edward's party skip for all that; if we have but justice on our side.
THE BATTLE OF HEXHAM;GEORGE COLMAN
Nobody could read it twice, of 276 course; and the first time even it was necessary to skip.
THE WORKS OF ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON - SWANSTON EDITION VOL. 25 (OF 25)ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON
Now and then a gun was fired at the Indians, forcing them to skip nimbly behind the trees.
STORIES OF OUR NAVAL HEROESVARIOUS
It is probable that the word was the same in both passages,though whether skip or slip I have no means of determining.
THE FATAL DOWRYPHILIP MASSINGER
Let him skip, if, like myself, he is weary; for the substance of the story is elsewhere given.
HISTORY OF FRIEDRICH II. OF PRUSSIA, VOL. VII. (OF XXI.)THOMAS CARLYLE
I'll try to get the skip out as soon as possible, and you can trust me to stop more logs getting away, for my own sake.
THE GIRL FROM KELLER'SHAROLD BINDLOSS
A chain and hook hung from the latter, and they were fishing for the skip that was lost when the log broke the rope.
THE GIRL FROM KELLER'SHAROLD BINDLOSS
The eddies made a revolving slack along the bank, but near the skip joined the main current in its downstream rush.
THE GIRL FROM KELLER'SHAROLD BINDLOSS
The skip that crossed the river was loaded, and Charnock and Festing were forced to wait until it came back.
THE GIRL FROM KELLER'SHAROLD BINDLOSS
"There's no houses here so I dare skip," she panted gleefully.
PATCHWORKANNA BALMER MYERS
WORDS RELATED TO SKIP
- abscond
- avoid
- bail out
- blow
- bolt
- break out
- burst out
- circumvent
- cut and run
- cut loose
- decamp
- depart
- desert
- disappear
- dodge
- double
- duck
- duck out
- elope
- elude
- emerge
- evade
- flee
- fly
- fly the coop
- get away
- get away with
- get off
- give someone the slip
- go scot-free
- leave
- make a getaway
- make getaway
- make off
- make oneself scarce
- pass
- play hooky
- run
- run away
- run off
- run out on
- shun
- skip
- slip
- slip away
- steal away
- take a powder
- take flight
- take it on the lam
- take on the lam
- vanish
- work out of
- wriggle out
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