play hooky

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to fail to attend He got in big trouble when his parents found out he played hooky that day.

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“Play hooky.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/play%20hooky. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.

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