An Irish expression meaning to skip school or play truant — basically pulling a disappearing act on your teachers. If you're going on the mitch, you're not sick, you're just not showing up. Common in Irish schoolyard culture for generations, it captures that rebellious energy of ditching class to hang out somewhere more fun. Still widely understood in Ireland today, especially among older generations who used it growing up.
Half the class decided to go on the mitch on the last Friday before summer break.
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(Ireland, idiom) to skip school; to play truant.
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