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Verb: play truant
  1. Be absent from work or school without permission
    "The boy often plays truant";
    - bunk off [Brit, informal], play hooky [N. Amer, informal], bunk [Brit, informal], mitch [Ireland, informal], truant, wag [Austral, NZ, informal]

Derived forms: playing truant, plays truant, played truant

Type of: cut, skip

Encyclopedia: Play truant