skip town
verb1
Informal To abscond from one's place of residence suddenly, without warning.
- The suspect skipped town when he found out the police were going to raid his apartment.
- We have just seen a feckless House of Representatives pass a ludicrous impeachment of a Cabinet secretary by one vote—and then skip town while avoiding a vote on aid to Ukraine.2024 February 20, Eliot A. Cohen, “Solzhenitsyn’s Warning”, in The Atlantic, archived from the original on 21 Feb 2024:
- Related terms
- blow town