bunk off
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[edit]bunk off (third-person singular simple present bunks off, present participle bunking off, simple past and past participle bunked off)
- (literally) To leave.
- (British, slang) To play truant
- Synonyms: bump off, bunk out, skive off, play hooky
- We all bunked off school yesterday to watch the football.
- 2012, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Ratburger, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN:
- “You better be off to school now, young lady. You don’t want to be late…”
“I suppose so,” mumbled Zoe. Sometimes she wondered why she didn’t just bunk off like so many of the others.