bunk off

verb — 2 senses

bunk off

verb
1

Literally To leave.

2

UK, Slang To play truant

  • We all bunked off school yesterday to watch the football.
  • “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.2012, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Ratburger, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN:
Synonyms
skive, on the hop

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