(idiomatic, US) To play truant; to avoid (informally: skip) school, work, or other duties (stay away from these without permission nor an excuse); to skive or to bunk off (UK).
"Course not, Matty." She giggled again. "But that aside, you've given us a great excuse." "For what?" "To take the rest of the day off, silly! So? What do you say? Wanna play hooky with me?"
Let's play hooky and go dancing on the beach instead (Pt2) #lewdtuber #vtuber #spicyvtuber
(idiomatic, US) To play truant; to avoid (informally: skip) school, work, or other duties (stay away from these without permission nor an excuse); to skive or to bunk off (UK).
Plenty of people played hooky from work to go see the movie on opening day.
“"Course not, Matty." She giggled again. "But that aside, you've given us a great excuse." "For what?" "To take the rest of the day off, silly! So? What do you say? Wanna play hooky with me?"”
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(UK, Irish, informal) To skive; to play truant; to slack off.
(British, slang) To play truant.
Play the wag is a dated British phrase meaning to play truant — to deliberately skip school without permission. It belongs to the same semantic family as 'wag off,' 'skive,' 'bunk off,' and 'play hooky.' Largely obsolete but survives in dialect usage and historical accounts of British childhood. The register is informal and slightly roguish; it carries the suggestion of a child sneaking off for a day of freedom rather than a more serious dereliction.
(slang, UK, Australia, New Zealand) To skip work or school or avoid an obligation by pretending to be sick.
Let's play hooky and go dancing on the beach instead (Pt3) #lewdtuber #vtuber #spicyvtuber
“Let's play hooky and go dancing on the beach instead (Pt2) #lewdtuber #vtuber #spicyvtuber”
“Let's play hooky and go dancing on the beach instead (Pt3) #lewdtuber #vtuber #spicyvtuber”
“Let's play hooky and go dancing on the beach instead (Pt1) #lewdtuber #vtuber #spicyvtuber”
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