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Verb: skip town
Usage: informal
  1. Depart quickly and secretly, especially to avoid trouble or responsibilities
    "After the scandal broke, he skipped town to avoid the press";
    - take a powder [N. Amer, informal]

Derived forms: skipping town, skipped town, skips town

Type of: disappear, go away, vanish