skip

skip
1 verb
1 MOVEMENT (I) to move forwards with quick steps and jumps
(+ across/along etc): Maria skipped along at her mother's side.
2 NOT DO STH (T) informal to not do something that you usually do or that you should do: Children who skip breakfast often don't concentrate as well as others. | He skipped chemistry class three times last month.
3 NOT DEAL WITH (I, T) to leave something out, or not do something that would normally be the next thing you deal with: I decided to skip the first two chapters.
(+ to): Let's skip to the last item on the agenda. (+ over): I suggest we skip over the details and get to the main point.
4 CHANGE SUBJECTS (intransitive always + adv/prep) to go from one subject to another in no fixed order
(+ about/around/to etc): It was a badly organized talk - he just kept skipping around from one idea to another.
5 also skip rope AmE (I) to jump over a rope as you pass it over your head and under your feet as a game
6 skip town/skip the country to leave a place suddenly and secretly, especially to avoid being punished or paying debts: Martin skipped the country with -5000.
7 skip it! spoken used to say angrily that you do not want to talk about something: “Sorry, what were you saying?” “Oh, skip it!”
8 skip rocks/stones AmE to throw smooth, flat stones into a lake, river etc in a way that makes them jump across the surface
—compare skim (4)
9 skip a year/grade to start a new school year in a class that is one year ahead of the class you would normally enter
10 sb's heart skips a beat used to say that someone is very excited, surprised, or frightened: His heart skipped a beat when he realized Mattie was there.
skip out also skip off phrasal verb (I) to leave suddenly and secretly, especially in order to avoid being punished or paying money: Martha skipped out without paying her bill. | skip out on AmE (=leave someone when they need you): Joel skipped out on his wife when she was 8 months pregnant. 2 noun (C)
1 a quick light stepping and jumping movement
2 BrE a large container for bricks, wood and similar heavy waste; dumpster AmE

Longman dictionary of contemporary English. 2004.

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