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PLAY HOOKY

Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Play truant from work or schoolplay

Example:

The boy often plays hooky

Synonyms:

bunk off; play hooky

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Hypernyms (to "play hooky" is one way to...):

cut; skip (intentionally fail to attend)

Domain usage:

argot; cant; jargon; lingo; patois; slang; vernacular (a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves))

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

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